Tropical Storm "Nuri" formed in the Philippine Sea on Friday, October 31, intensified into a typhoon the next day and started its rapid intensification phase. It became the sixth super typhoon of 2014 yesterday and is now located northeast of Philippines and south of Japan, heading north-northeastward toward Japan.
On Sunday, November 2, JTWC said Nuri had reached super typhoon strength with maximum 1-minute sustained wids of 289 km/h (180 mph). This made Nuri almost comparable to last month's Vongfong. On JMA scale, Nuri became the fourth violent typhoon of 2014. It had 10-minute average winds of 193 km/h (120 mph) and estimated minimum central pressure of 910 mb yesterday.
