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MAP: Typhoon Chan-Hom (satellite image)
08 May 2009
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Typhoon Chan-Hom is located at 15.8N 118.7E in the South China Sea at 0600 UTC on May 7. Chan-Hom is moving north-northeast at 12 mph with maximum sustained winds of 98 mph and gust up to 121 mph. Chan-Hom was threatening the Philippines just days after storm Fujira battered the country last week.

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