Typhoon Choi-Wan grows to Category 5

By: shannond | September 15th, 2009 at 10:18pm
"Supertyphoon Choi-Wan strengthened to a Category 5 storm over the Pacific to the south of Japan, according to the U.S. Navy Joint Typhoon Warning center.

Choi-Wan's eye was about 372 kilometers (231 miles) north- northwest of the U.S. territory of Saipan at 3 a.m. Tokyo time today.

Its maximum sustained winds increased to 260 kilometers per hour from 241 kph yesterday as it moved northwest at 15 kph."
by Bloomberg

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