#Supertyphoon #Halong now has maximum sustained winds of 160 mph - making it a Category 5 #typhoon. Halong is the 3rd Category 5 typhoon of the 2019 western North Pacific season to date. The long-term (1981-2010) average for Category 5 typhoons through November 5 is 2. pic.twitter.com/p7uoMwPEck

— Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) November 5, 2019