BEIJING—Doksuri, a tropical storm building over the sea to the east of the Philippines, is set to become a super typhoon as it hurls towards the coast of southern China, potentially making initial landfall in Taiwan.
The maximum wind speed near Doksuri’s eye could reach super typhoon levels of 58 meters per second, or 209 kilometers per hour, as the storm approaches the southern coast of Taiwan, according to the China Meteorological Administration on Monday.
As of 8:00 a.m. Beijing time (0000 GMT), Doksuri, which means “eagle” in Korean, was about 940 km east of the Philippines, packing winds with speeds of up to 42m/s seen in severe typhoons, the second-most powerful category after super typhoons….
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