News Alert: Evacuations ordered as super typhoon eyes Philippines

Satellite image of Super Typhoon Goni approaching the Philippines.

Philippine officials ordered the evacuation Saturday of thousands of people in the southern part of the main island of Luzon as a category 5 storm closed in.


SONAR Critical Events: Super Typhoon GONI, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, 8 a.m. EDT

Typhoon Goni is the world’s strongest tropical cyclone so far this year. As of 8 a.m. EDT Saturday (8 p.m. Saturday Philippine time), the super typhoon had sustained winds of 180 mph, as strong as a Category 5 hurricane. Gusts were higher than 200 mph. Goni will...

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