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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Azure Prior (MetDesk)

Weather tracker: South Korea and Japan brace for typhoon Hinnamnor

A window is taped at a restaurant in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, Japan in preparation for typhoon Hinnamnor.
A window is taped at a restaurant in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, Japan, in preparation for typhoon Hinnamnor. Photograph: AP

Destruction is imminent across southern Japan and South Korea as super typhoon Hinnamnor barrels northwards through the East China Sea this weekend.

The typhoon is so far the strongest tropical storm of the 2022 hurricane season and developed gradually this week out in the Pacific, edging towards the Philippines and Taiwan. By Thursday, maximum sustained winds had reached 160mph, leading to classification as a category 5 tropical cyclone, or a super typhoon.

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