Time was, something like a super typhoon would come along once in a generation. Nowadays, they’re so common they have their own tag on this blog.
I’m gonna go ahead and call that not good.
Meet the second-strongest typhoon since the 70s, Super Typhoon Meranti. Yesterday, it topped out with winds of 190 miles an hour, making it the strongest storm of 2016.
It just finished battering Taiwan, dropping between 20-30 inches of rain on the island
Look at this shit.
Violent wind gusts hitting us again in Kenting #Taiwan super #typhoon #Meranti pic.twitter.com/WPsmfBuoUs
— James Reynolds (@EarthUncutTV) September 14, 2016
Video of #Meranti battering Pintung, Taiwan from my friend Dr. ChiMing Peng @weatherrisk pic.twitter.com/8jjIZM1tJj
— Bernadette Woods Placky (@BernadetteWoods) September 14, 2016
Those are WAVES from Meranti, the strongest Typhoon since 2013, slamming Taiwan yesterday. https://t.co/Aerkuidtnq pic.twitter.com/BLzDc8sPps
— Marshall Moss (@MarshallMoss) September 14, 2016
Photos: Super Typhoon Meranti wreaks havoc in Taiwan, China braces for landfall https://t.co/NLxQIvtdZ3 pic.twitter.com/tVK16LfZMB
— Scroll.in (@scroll_in) September 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/NewsFlow_/status/776064766506926080
It should be noted that between Patricia and Soudelor last year, Haiyan three years ago, and a bunch of others (remember Vongfong??), the world is now seeing cyclones, hurricanes, and typhoons at a frequency and strength that was unfathomable in the 20th century.
Thanks, drastically shifting climate.
Meranti is set to make landfall in Eastern China on Thursday as just a Category 3 hurricane, with winds up to 140 miles per hour.
Nbd.
[Via Weather.com]