In just 24 hours, Goni has transformed from an ordinary storm in the Pacific Ocean into the most powerful storm on the planet in 2020. Typhoon Goni was on its way to the Philippines and is forecast to make landfall on November 1.
The intensity of Typhoon Goni increased rapidly over the warm waters of the Western Pacific. The wind of storm Goni increased from 160km / h on October 29 to 289km / h on October 30 (local time). Goni’s intensity increase occurs over the warm waters of the western Pacific. The sea water temperature in this area is 1 to 1.5 degrees C warmer than the average.
With winds of more than 240km / h, Typhoon Goni is called a “super typhoon”, equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic (on a US scale). However, Typhoon Goni continued to increase in intensity and was equivalent to a Category 5 storm.
The coordinated US Hurricane Warning Center in Pearl Harbor describes Goni as “a small but powerful system of hurricanes”.
Goni is expected to travel west and make landfall in the center of Luzon, northeast of Manila, Philippines at around 20pm on November 1 local time with winds of more than 225 km / h.
The Philippines calls this hurricane Rolly because it has its own naming system for neighboring storms. According to forecasts, due to the effects of the storm, the Philippines will have very heavy rain from October 31, which can cause floods and landslides.
According to The Inquirer, an English-language newspaper in the Philippines, tens of thousands of people are expected to be evacuated and shelter in government evacuation centers and the country will face a “double challenge” from the storm and the Covid-19 epidemic.
It is predicted that Goni will weaken after sweeping through Luzon before entering the South China Sea. This storm is expected to land in Vietnam on November 4.