In a report, Bloomberg stated that Super Typhoon Yutu, named Rosita as it enters the Philippines’ area of responsibility, “could rip into eastern Luzon on Tuesday, extending the toll of destruction it left in the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands earlier this week.”
The report said Yutu was about 731 miles (1,176 kilometers) east of Luzon with winds of about 155 miles per hour, equivalent to a Category 4 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, early Saturday U.S. time, according to the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Hawaii. It’s generating waves of 54 feet.
“It is a very dangerous situation,” said Robert Richards, a meteorologist with AccuWeather Inc. in State College, Pennsylvania was quoted in the Bloomberg report as saying. “Generally when they get that strong there is a risk to life and infrastructure.”
Yutu, called Rosita in the Philippines, will bring flooding rain, tree-snapping winds and a life-threatening storm surge when it comes ashore, said the report.
On its current track the storm would pass well north of the capital of Manila, which could see rain and gusty winds.
