Ruy Lopez

The last West Pacific Typhoon was measured by Philippine-based radar at a peak of 195 km per hour winds near the center with gustiness up to 240kph. However both CNN and BBC weather coverage placed the peak at 250kph gusting up to 300 kph.

Is there an explanation for the difference say based on different measurement standards? Watching the BBC just makes it scarier than it really is. We are familiar with how 120 kph, 150, 180 and 220kph because we've seen it before; but 250kph????