Storm Koppu jerked level 17 headed for the East Sea

Currently, a very strong storm is operating in the waters off the eastern Philippines and has an international name as Koppu.

Super typhoon Koppu headed for the East Sea

At 13 hours on October 16, the location of the center of the storm is about 15.7 degrees Vi Bac; 126.4 degrees Kinh Dong, about 500km from Lu Dong Island (Philippines) to the East. The strongest winds in the area near the storm center are strong at level 13 (ie from 135 to 150 km per hour), level 15-16.

Location and path of Typhoon Koppu.

It is forecasted that in the next 24 hours , the storm will move mainly in the West, about 15km per hour. By 13:00 on October 17, the location of the center of the storm was about 15.8 degrees Vi Bac; 123.2 degrees Kinh Dong, about 140 km from Lu Dong Island to the East. The strongest wind in the area near the center of the storm is strong level 14-15 (ie from 150 to 185km per hour), jerking above level 17.

In the next 24 to 48 hours, the storm continued to move in the West, about 10km per hour. By 13:00 on October 18, the location of the center of the storm was about 16.2 degrees Vi Bac; 121.2 degrees Kinh Dong, on the eastern area of ​​Lu Dong island. The strongest winds in the area near the storm center are strong at level 13-14 (ie from 135 to 165km per hour), level 16-17.

Due to the influence of the circulation of typhoon Koppu, the north-eastern sea in the North and between the East Sea has strong winds of level 6-8, level 9-10. The sea is very strong.

In the next 48 to 72 hours, the storm has the ability to change the direction of travel in the North-West direction, about 5km per hour.