Fears were held for the 3,000 inhabitants of the tiny island in the Philippines after satellite images showed it directly in the eye of the world’s strongest tropical cyclone so far this year. Satellite images early on Wednesday showed the entire island, which is just 83 square kilometres in size, sitting within the storm’s eye. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Composite image of Category 5 super-typhoon Meranti. Meranti is the world’s fourth category 5 storm in 2016. Scientists fear the increase in devastating tropical storms over the past few decades may have been caused by global warming.

Source: The Guardian September 14, 2016 01:41 UTC