article_snippet.sent: Images of the typhoon as seen from the International Space Station were posted to Twitter, including a Vine video showing the swirling eye of the storm.
article_snippet.sent: the Philippines maximum sustained winds on Wednesday were 150 mph, making the Philippines a super typhoon in the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center's definition.
article_snippet.sent: the Philippines is frequently hit by typhoons.
article_snippet.sent: In December, for instance, Hagupit killed at least 18 people in the Philippines and injured hundreds more.
article_snippet.sent: But that devastation paled in comparison to the havoc wrought by Super Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013, which killed more than 6,000 people and injured more than 27,000 others.
article_snippet.sent: That typhoon, considered to be among the strongest storms ever to make landfall, hit the eastern city of Tacloban especially hard.
article_snippet.sent: CNN's Jethro Mullen contributed to this report.