What does one call it? The word "Super Typhoon" does not suffice. Today night the monster in the North-West Pacific called Nuri will reach a frightening strength. Normal winds of 340 Kph gusting up to a horrendous 380 Kph.
What power of nature. Mother Earth is merciful that this storm will reach its peak when no land mass is nearby. Imagine what winds of 380 Kph would do on a populated area! One shudders to even think about it.
Nuri is not going to hit Japan directly. It is going cruise along its shores, coming closest on November 6, 2014 near Tokyo. The wind speed then will be 185 Kph gusting to 230 Kph. Tokyo is in for a windy Thursday.
This is the winds Nuri is going to throw according to JTWC forecasts. Note that the "KTS" in the graph is knots, not Kph. 1 knot = 1.85 Kph
Predicted path of Typhoon Nuri according to a JTWC bulletin issued at 0300 Hrs today [UTC]
This is how Nuri moved in the last few hours
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