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Posted Thu Nov 7 2013: from CNN:
Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of strongest storms ever, heads for central Philippines http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1383850255
Thousands of people in vulnerable areas of the Philippines are being relocated as the strongest storm on the planet so far this year spins toward the country. With sustained winds of 305 kph (190 mph) and gusts as strong as 370 kph (230 mph), Super Typhoon Haiyan was churning across the Western Pacific toward the central Philippines as one of the most intense tropical cyclones ever recorded. Its wind strength makes it equivalent to an exceptionally strong Category 5 hurricane... The storm is so large in diameter that clouds from it are affecting two-thirds of the country.
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