Typhoon Haishen is bearing down on Japan and South Korea, and the storm's timing couldn't be worse, as it comes right on the heels of Typhoon Maysak, which made landfall in South Korea early Thursday, Sept. 3, local time.
Haishen became the first super typhoon of the season in the western Pacific Ocean late this past week, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Despite losing some wind intensity and no longer holding that status, Haishen remains a powerful and dangerous typhoon as it nears land.
The Korean Peninsula is bracing for its third significant typhoon strike within a week's time following Maysak and Typhoon Bavi, which made landfall in North Korea on Aug. 27. Residents still recovering from those two powerful storms will have little time to prepare for Haishen.
Tracking in an area of light wind shear and very warm ocean waters, Haishen surpassed Maysak as the strongest storm in the West Pacific so far this season. The former super typhoon was packing 10-minute sustained winds of 185 km/h (115 mph) as of Saturday afternoon, local time. This is equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale.
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