Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Category 5 Super Typhoon Maysak sets record in Western Pacific

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Category 5 Super Typhoon Maysak is packing sustained winds of at least 150 miles per hour as it takes aim at the tiny island of Yap in the Caroline Islands on Tuesday. The typhoon is the third of the year so far, which sets a record for the most typhoons so early in the Western Pacific typhoon season, according to meteorologist Jeff Masters of Weather Underground.


The storm is rarer still when looking only at the record of typhoons that reached an intensity of Category 3 or stronger before April 1. Such typhoons are known as major typhoons.



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from MashableAndrew Freedman
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