Super Typhoon Dolphin reaches Category 5-equivalent status with sustained winds of 160 mph as it tracks toward Asia.
Super Typhoon Dolphin has reached a powerful Category 5-equivalent status, recording sustained winds of 160 mph as it moves northwest across the Western Pacific. The storm underwent rapid intensification, developing a pinhole eye and jumping by 95 mph in a 24-hour period to reach 145 mph by Tuesday afternoon. Meteorologists from the FOX Forecast Center are monitoring the system as it moves toward East Asia. While the storm currently poses no immediate threat to land, it is expected to move toward the waters south of Japan in the next few days. Kong Yu-chau, a senior scientific officer, noted that while the storm's trajectory remains uncertain, it has a higher chance of moving toward the East China Sea. The storm's outer subsiding airstream is also expected to influence the weather, bringing hot conditions to the coast of southeastern China in the latter part of next week.