Super Typhoon Champi intensifies to a Cat 5 after battering Guam
After lashing Guam as a Cat 4 super typhoon with 150 mph (240 km/h) winds, Super Typhoon Champi intensified just six hours later – at 0Z Sunday, October 18 – into a formidable Cat 5 with sustained winds of 165 mph (265 km/h), said the Joint Typhoon …