A powerful typhoon named Typhoon Doksuri landed in the Philippines on Wednesday, causing widespread landslides and flooding which has resulted in the death of at least one person, and injuring two more, a report by news outlet CNN said.TROPICAL CYCLONE BULLETIN NO. 28Typhoon #EgayPH (DOKSURI)Issued at 2:00 PM, 26 July 2023Valid for broadcast until the next bulletin at 5:00 PM today.TYPHOON EGAY CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN ITS STRENGTH WHILE MOVING NORTHWESTWARD pic.twitter.com/gfGMHswH3t— PAGASA-DOST (@dost_pagasa) July 26, 2023Typhoon Doskuri, which is known as Egay in the Philippines, made landfall and has caused flooding in five different provinces in the Southeast Asian country, with at least a dozen rainfall-induced landslides ravaging the areas, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.The person who was killed, as well as the two injured people, are from the northern and central regions of Calabarzon and Western Visayas, as per the Council.According to the RSMC Tokyo (JMA), Typhoon #Doksuri (#EgayPH) ties for the seventh most-intense tropical cyclone for the month of July in the Western Pacific basin since records began in 1951.With minimum sea-level pressure of 925 hPa at 12Z yesterday (8 PM Manila time),… pic.twitter.com/PKPit5myr7— Matthew Cuyugan (@MatthewCuyugan) July 26, 2023The strong typhoon made landfall at 3:10 AM local time (12:40 AM IST) near the remote northern Fuga Island, as per the Philippines weather department Pagasa.Doksuri – which means eagle in Korean – landed with winds of about 220 kilometres per hour, which makes it a Category 4 Atlantic hurricane, on a five-category scale – despite losing some of its super typhoon intensity, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre in Hawaii.I live in the encircled area 🥴 we are now getting battered with super strong winds and rain. Electricity is out and cellphone signals are getting weak. #EgayPH #Doksuri #SuperTyphoon pic.twitter.com/ZuSTf7Vq8v— aizy⁷ ᵐᵉᵃⁿᵖᵒᵗᵃᵗᵒ² 🐷 (@Suga_N_spAiz) July 25, 2023Luzon, the largest and most populous island in the Philippines, was predicted to experience violent and life-threatening circumstances as extreme rainfall pounded the country.Taiwan cancels military drill over Typhoon DoksuriAs per the CNN report, Taiwan – where Doksuri has expected to land next – has cancelled some of its annual military drills on Tuesday as it prepares the face what could be the strongest typhoon to hit the island in four years.However, Doksuri is expected to lose its strength as it tracks northwest, and will presumably drop to the equivalent of a category 1 Atlantic hurricane when it makes landfall on Chinas southern coastline in the next two days.A hi-res view of Typhoon Doksuris impressive eye.Seen yesterday by Himawari-9. pic.twitter.com/SDi6eCIeIi— CIRA (@CIRA_CSU) July 25, 2023The typhoon emergency warning in China has been raised to the highest level on Wednesday by the countrys National Meteorological Center.
