Typhoon Fanapi Increases Strength Off Coast of Taiwan
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Typhoon Fanapi continued to strengthen as it hovered over the Pacific Ocean to the east of Taiwan, where it may make landfall in two days, the U.S. Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center said.
The typhoon was 730 kilometers (450 miles) east-southeast of Taipei at 8 a.m. local time today, the center said on its website. Fanapi’s sustained winds strengthened to 139 kilometers per hour, making it a Category 1 storm, the weakest on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale.