North Pacific on Alert as Typhoon Hagibis Strengthens to Cat 5 Super Typhoon

A water vapor satellite image of Super Typhoon Hagibis near Anatahan, Northern Mariana Islands, on Oct. 7, 2019. Courtesy of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

A dangerous tropical storm in the North Pacific Ocean has become even deadlier after strengthening to a super typhoon on Oct. 6.

The U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center has upgraded Super Typhoon Hagibis to a category 5 storm, with winds estimated to be blowing at 160 mph near the Northern Mariana island of Anatahan, 200 miles northeast of Guam.