Super Typhoon "Haitang" to Hit Taiwan

Hurricanes. Big mothers they are. But Super Typhoon "Haitang" is one big typhoon...bigger than hurricane Emily. A "Super Typhoon" merely means it is a Category 5 storm with sustained winds greater than 155 mph or 135 knots.

A continuous update on Super Typhoon Haitang can be seen here.



The island of Taiwan can be seen in the
upper left corner of photo.


Haitang, with winds gusting to as high as 185 mph (300 kph), is heading west north-west across the pacific at about 16 mph, the U.S. government's Joint Typhoon Warning Center Web site said in an advisory issued earlier today.

The typhoon was about 860 kilometers east-south east of the island at 2:30 p.m. local time, Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said in a statement.

The eye of the storm, the first big one of the western Pacific's typhoon season, will probably make landfall in Taiwan sometime after 8 a.m. on July 18, the Typhoon Warning Center said. Sustained winds, now at 150 mph, are forecast to increase to as high as 161 mph with gusts, up to 196 mph by tomorrow.


Praying that the people of Taiwan survives this monster noting the fact that the hurricane force winds and higher will nearly encapsulate the whole island.