Super Typhoon Nepartak is poised to become 2016's first Category 5 storm
 

Super Typhoon Nepartak is poised to become 2016's first Category 5 storm
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UPDATE: July 6, 2016, 11:55 a.m. AEST The Joint Typhoon Warning Center has upgraded Super Typhoon Nepartak to Category 5 status with 160 mile per hour winds.



Super Typhoon Nepartak has exploded in intensity in the **rthwest Pacific Ocean, becoming the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide so far this year.*

Nepartak is forecast to strengthen further, reaching Category 5 super typhoon status within the next 24 hours, before weakening slightly, back to a Category 4 storm, as it nears Taiwan on July 7. As of Tuesday after**on, the storm had peak sustained winds of 150 miles per hour, which puts it at the brink of Category 5 intensity. Read more...


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