Super Typhoon Soudelor is on its way to Japan's southern islands, Taiwan and then China. "There is growing concern that Taiwan and the southern Ryukyu Islands will have to contend with Soudelor as early as Thursday night or Friday with impacts lasting into early next week across eastern China," according to Eric Leister, a meteorologist at Accuweather, USA Today reported.
"Interests in the path of this super typhoon should prepare for storm surge, heavy rainfall, mudslides in high terrain areas and typhoon-force winds," according to NASA. NASA added that the images of the storm show that it has "powerful thunderstorms" with temperatures up to minus-63 degrees Celsius as the air goes up, said on the Sydney Morning Herald.
Super Typhoon Soudelor, the strongest recorded typhoon this year, destroyed the small U.S. Island of Saipan Sunday, with Hawaii and Guam trying to supply it with food, water, sleeping bags, generators and other emergency supplies, according to USA Today.
After the destruction of roads, houses, power supplies and ships, acting governor of Northern Marianas declared the island of Saipan under a "state of major disaster and significant emergency," according the DailyMail.
The executive director of American Red Cross said, "I have seen multiple primary power poles down... I've seen cars flipped over the road... I've seen lots of torn roofs."
When it passed Saipan, Super Typhoon Soudelor, developed into the strongest storm of the year. On Monday, it grew stronger as it passed by the Pacific Ocean. It had sustained winds up to 180mph, same as a Category 5 hurricane. On Tuesday, the typhoon's speed decreased to 130mph with gusts around 161 mph equivalent to only a Category 4 typhoon, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
These typhoons and other tropical depression will most probably contribute to the stronger El Nino weather system that continues to develop in the Pacific, according to meteorologists.
