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Worst Flooding Still to Come in Philippines from Koppu; Champi Now a Super Typhoon
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The Pacific’s relentless tropical season of 2015 continues to amaze. On Saturday, Koppu became the 19th hurricane or typhoon north of the equator to reach Category 4 strength, a new seasonal record for the Northern Hemisphere. On Sunday, Super Typhoon Champi pushed that record to 20...Champi is the season’s ninth super typhoon--impressive, but still short of the Northwest Pacific record of 11 super typhoons set in 1965 and matched in 1997.
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