Biggest EVER recorded: Super Typhoon Chaba with catacylsmic 233mph gales to SMASH Japan
A HUGE typhoon which is packing wind strength of up to 375 kilometres-per-hour (233mph) is charging towards Japan and South Korea, the Asian nations have been warned.
By SEAN MARTIN
Express.co.uk
Tue, Oct 4, 2016
Super Typhoon Chaba is now heading towards Okinawa, a Japanese island south of the mainland, at a rapid pace.
Experts have upgraded it to the equivalent of a Category Five Hurricane, with mean winds of 270 kilometres-per-hour gusting to 375 kilometres-per-hour (233 MPH).
Additionally, Chaba will bring with it heavy rains, which could trigger life-threatening flash floods and landslides.
The massive typhoon is expected to move up through the Korea Strait – the patch of ocean between mainland Japan and South Korea – and bring devastating storms to both countries.
he freak weather is the strongest typhoon on record for this region of the world.
The previous strongest was Typhoon Vera in 1959 which caused 4,000 deaths. However Typhoon Vera swept across the mainland, while only the tail end of Chaba is expected to rock Japan.
A spokesman for NASA said: “Warm sea surface temperatures and low vertical wind shear are two factors that helped Chaba become a Super Typhoon.”
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