Typhoon Ewiniar races towards land... by Sean Batty
Typhoon Ewiniar has been racing northwards sparking a weather alert early today (Friday) across clusters of islands located in the northern Philippines.
Typhoon Ewiniar, whose name means "storm god" in the Chuuk language of Micronesia, was south of Okinawa and moving north-northwest early on Friday, bringing with it winds of 120mph and gusts in excess of 140mph. The storms location at this time was just over 300 miles northeast of Basco and Batanes, where authorities have warned there could be heavy rains, strong winds, life-threatening flash floods and mudslides.
The storm is expected to skim around the west of the Japanese chain of islands known as Okinawa on Saturday morning, where torrential falls of rain and increasing wind strength is forecast by the Japanese Meteorological Agency.
The typhoon is set to continue pushing northwards towards southern Korea, where it is expected to make landfall on Monday morning. The storms intensity should have decreased somewhat by the time it reaches Korea with winds of around 95mph and gusts of up to 120mph. The storm, however, will still have enough energy to potential cause a lot of damage, especially to coastal regions.
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