Typhoon Goni bears down on the Philippines

MANILA, PHILIPPINES » The Philippines braced for a harrowing Halloween night as Typhoon Goni, the strongest storm in the world this year, is set to pass over

Amere tropical stormon Wednesday, Goni erupted into 2020’s most powerful cyclone on the planet by Friday. On Saturday morning local time, its winds peaked at 185mph, the globe’s strongest storm since Hurricane Dorian in 2019, which devastated the northwest Bahamas. It was the most intense storm in the western Pacific since Typhoon Meranti in 2016.

The storm gained strength over waters around 86 to 88 degrees about 2 to 3 degrees warmer than normal.