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The Trami typhoon has intensified into a category 5 hurricane with winds reaching 270 km / h.
The storm is getting stronger in the Western Pacific and is expected to hit Taiwan on Friday or Saturday at a level equivalent to a Category 4 or 5 hurricane.
Meteorologist Michael Guy said: "Trami is currently strengthening and appears to be a super typhoon in the next 12 hours.
"The storm should continue to move west-northwest and turn north – the moment of turn is still uncertain because there are only a few days left."
Forecasts indicate that Trami will affect northern and central Taiwan, as well as the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.
Trami has undergone a rapid intensification this weekend, which is defined as an increase in maximum sustained winds of at least 35 mph in 24 hours or less.
The Trami Trail remains unclear, going from a continuous west-northwest track across Taiwan to southeast China until a sharp bend to the north and then north-east to through Japan.
Trami is currently located more than 500 miles south-southeast of Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, and travels from west to northwest at 20 km / h.
The typhoon is likely to strengthen, stimulated by warm ocean water and low wind shear.
Trami will collapse by losing his steering wheel at high pressure to the north.
The Philippine Department of Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services (PAGASA) reported that Trami – known locally as Paeng – had a maximum wind speed of 114.9 mph (185 km / h) compared to 105.6 mi / h (170 km / h) and the / h) from the previous 130 km / h (210 km / h).
People in Taiwan, Japan, and southeastern China should monitor this system closely.
The Philippines receives on average an average of 20 tropical cyclones a year.
The Super Typhoon Mangkhut, which killed more than 100 people, is still missing in the country.
Trees were felled, windows were broken and scaffolding was cut down while the biggest storm ever recorded hit the Philippines and Hong Kong.
Heavy rains caused by the typhoon Mangkhut have caused more than 100 landslides, most of them in the mountainous Cordillera region, on the main island of Luzon in the Philippines.
When Mangkhut hit the Philippines, it blew winds of 270 km / h (165 mph), or 75 km / h more than Hurricane Florence.
In early September, Typhoon Jebi crossed Japan, causing severe wind damage and a storm surge at Kansai International Airport.
