Currently — July 24, 2023: Typhoon Doksuri nears Philippines and Taiwan

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The weather, currently.

Typhoon Doksuri has rapidly strengthened over the weekend and is now approaching the Philippines with a chance at becoming a super typhoon.

Doksuri’s track has been shifting slightly south over the past day or so, increasing the threat to the northern part of Luzon in the Philippines, and diminishing the threat somewhat for Taiwan. However, if Doksuri makes landfall in Taiwan, it will be the island’s first typhoon in six years — a long streak for one of the most typhoon-prone places in the world.

Super typhoons have sustained wind speeds of at least 150 mph (241 kph) and are by far the most damaging type of typhoons. (A typhoon, hurricane, and tropical cyclone are all different regional words for the same thing.) Back in May, Super Typhoon Mawar, the 2023 season’s first super typhoon, became one of the strongest typhoons ever to strike the island of Guam.

—Eric Holthaus