Typhoon Yagi has rapidly intensified to a super typhoon as it approaches the Chinese holiday island of Hainan. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center reported that Yagi is currently packing winds of up to 240 kph (150 mph), making it a high-end Category 4 Atlantic Hurricane. The typhoon is forecasted to make landfall towards the end of the week.
Scientists attribute the rapid intensification of Yagi to hotter oceans caused by the human-induced climate crisis. Just a day ago, Yagi was a tropical storm with top winds of 90 kph (60 mph).
