Haiyan has a strong storm, and Haiyan moves to Asia

Yutu landed on the Northern Mariana Islands in the Western Pacific on the evening of October 24 (local time), causing heavy damage.

Based on satellite data, meteorologists identified the super typhoon Yutu as one of the strongest tropical storms ever observed, which happened in 2013, killing thousands of Filipinos.

Up to the present time of 2018, Yutu is the strongest typhoon with a stable wind speed of 290 km / h, an increase of 210 km / h in just 48 hours. More notably, it turns from a level 1 storm to a Category 5 storm within 24 hours. Yutu will maintain the power of a level 4 or 5 storm in a few days.

This is the strongest super typhoon ever attacked the Northern Mariana Islands and may even be the strongest super typhoon to attack the United States and its territory.

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Yutu turns from level 1 storm to level 5 storm within 24 hours.(Photo: CNN).

Super typhoon Yutu landed on the Northern Mariana Islands at the time of its most destructive power. According to CNN, on October 25, super typhoon Yutu destroyed houses, caused widespread power outages and cut off the water source of thousands of residents of the Northern Mariana Islands. There is no detailed information about casualties.

It is known that the two most severely affected areas are Saipan and Tinian Islands.

After the storm passed around 9 am (local time) on October 25, many areas on Tinian Island, home to about 3,500 people, are still inaccessible and officials are still unable to complete the process. Initial damage assessment. Heavy machinery was deployed to Tinian Island to clean up the rubble on the roads to facilitate rescue forces to operate.

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Tinian Island is one of the most severely affected areas.(Photo: CNN).

With Saipan island, Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan - a local official - confirmed to the AP news agency that he had heard about the injured and many victims were taken to the local hospital for treatment. However, Sablan did not provide detailed information nor did he estimate casualties.

According to Axios, the super typhoon Yutu also affected Guam - the US military presence, including Anderson Air Force Base.


Super typhoon Yutu is expected to maintain its current strength in the next 24 hours before slowly weakening. Despite this, it is still a terrifying super typhoon while moving to the Philippines and Taiwan.

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Super typhoon Yutu is heading towards Asia.(Photo: Hong Kong Observatory).

Currently, according to CNN, super typhoon Yutu is in the western part of the Mariana Islands, moving through the Philippine Sea at a speed of 20 km / hour.