Typhoon Kong-rey Has One of Largest Eyes Ever Seen: ‘Absolutely Massive’

Ameteorologist has pointed out the sheer size of Typhoon Kong-rey’s eye as the massive storm approached Taiwan on Wednesday.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Typhoon Kong-rey had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph, according to the website Zoom Earth.

The storm has weakened slightly since Tuesday night,

when it was categorized as a super typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane.

Forecasts anticipate that Typhoon Kong-rey will weaken further by the time it makes landfall in Kaohsiung in the early morning hours on Thursday.

On Tuesday night, meteorologist Noah Bergren of TV station WOFL in Orlando

, Florida, commented on the size of the storm’s eye.

“Super Typhoon Kong-rey is easily one of the largest eye’s in a major tropical system you will ever see on Earth,”

Bergren posted on X (formerly Twitter). “Thing is absolutely massive.

Typhoon Kong-rey eye size massive

A wave crashes outside of Fugang Harbor in Taitung, Taiwan, ahead of Typhoon Kong-rey on Wednesday. The storm is expected to make landfall in Taiwan early Thursday morning. Annabelle Chih/Getty

AccuWeather senior meteorologist Alan Reppert told Newsweek that having a large eye doesn’t necessarily imply anything about the storm’s strength

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