Powerful Typhoon Koppu (also known as Lando) has hit the
northern Philippines battering the coast with powerful winds with speed of 240
kph. The eye of tropical cyclone (typhoon) Koppu has struck the remote northern
coastal town of Casiguran which is 215 kms northeast of Philippines capital
city Manila. US military’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center has categorised this
typhoon equivalent of a Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
The Typhoon Koppu is considered as the strongest landfalling
of tropical cyclone in past five years faced by Philippines. The most ominous
threat of this cyclone is its prolific rainfall which may cause flood like
situations followed by mudslides across the mountains and valleys of
Philippines main northern island of Luzon.
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