Key-Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe strongest typhoon of the year so far made landfall on Catanduanes Island with maximum sustained wind speeds of 225 kilometres (140 miles) per hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Goni, which intensified into a \u201csuper\u201d typhoon as it neared the Philippines — comes a week after Typhoon Molave hit the same region of the natural disaster-prone archipelago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 2009 the Hong Kong Observatory has divided typhoons into three different classifications: typhoon, severe typhoon and super typhoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A typhoon has wind speed of 64\u201379 knots (73\u201391 mph; 118\u2013149 km\/h), a severe typhoon has winds of at least 80 knots (92 mph; 150 km\/h), and a super typhoon has winds of at least 100 knots (120 mph; 190 km\/h).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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