Super Typhoon Champi is a spectacle of power, a Category 5 equivalent beast that as of Wednesday morning was swirling with sustained winds of up to 170 mph and gusts topping 200 mph.
The storm, located just over 500 miles east of the northern Philippines, is enjoying ideal conditions for maintaining and strengthening tropical cyclones. These include warm water temperatures of 86 to 88 degrees, as well as light winds aloft that allow the storm to develop without being disrupted.
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