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Lekima becomes Supertyphoon, heading towards Eastern China

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Lekima becomes Supertyphoon, heading towards Eastern China

NASA's Aqua satellite captured this infrared image of Supertyphoon Lekima as it tracked 214 nautical miles southwest of Okinawa, Japan.

Tropical cyclone warning signal 1 is in force for the Luzon provinces of Batanes and Babuyan group of islands.

The storm has tracked north-northwest at 10 knots over the past six hours.

Satellite imagery shows this system continues to rapidly intensify as evidenced by tightly compact central convection which includes an eight nautical mile-sized eye with a tight pinhole in the eye which is an indication of a strong storm.

The supertyphoon is currently producing winds in excess of 130 knots (149 mph).

On the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale that would be a Category 4 hurricane.

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