Cat 5 Typhoon Soudelor

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Cat 5 Typhoon Soudelor

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/70814 ... -this-year

This storm is monumental....pressure drop of 40mb in one hour!
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Cat 5 Typhoon Soudelor

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Re: Cat 5 Typhoon Soudelor

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Soudelor nears Taiwan: http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V7e/observe/radar/

Hualien in the firing line the next few hours. A mate from here is chasing it and the gusts are already getting damaging at his hotel.
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Re: Cat 5 Typhoon Soudelor

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Typhoon Soudelor made landfall in Hualien County, S of Taipei around 5am LT this morn (9am NZST). Apparently a gust of 163 kph was recorded at Su'ao on Taiwan's NE coast. JMA estimated 10-minute max winds of 155 km/h, gusting 220 km/h around that time, central pressure 940 hPa.
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