As it continues to gather strength over the Western Pacific, Vongfong has become the most powerful super typhoon of 2014.
This is the fifth super typhoon of the year in the Pacific. There were also five super typhoons in 2012 and 2013, including the intense Super Typhoon Haiyan, which killed more than 6,000 people and is one of the strongest tropical cyclones on record.
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