Typhoon Koppu Blasts Hong Kong - James Reynolds Insane Storm Chaser Footage

On the evening of 14th September 2009 typhoon Koppu passed to the south of Hong Kong bringing extreme winds and pounding storm surge. Fellow storm chaser Andrew Glanville and I recorded a wind gust of 98mph and filmed winds well in excess of 100mph.

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• typhoon
• Koppu
• tropical
• storm
• hurricane
• Hong
• Kong
• Asia
• natural
• disaster
• gale
• wind
• rain
• severe
• weather
• thunderstorm
• cyclone
• waves
• surge
• chaser

[ghostcar]

Wow incredible footage James, simply spectacular. Great camera work !

[TyphoonHunter]

@ghostcar Thanks for the comments! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[qwmoon]

TIN0408 you can see his middle finger's up

[TyphoonHunter]

Actually taking wind speed measurements with a digital anemometer

[faiballlaw]

I am wondering how u can hold the camera steadily

[stanley6769]

其實我都好想係打風既時候去吹下...

[funnykidyyz]

2:26 is he trying to make a new dance move or is he a trying to take a piss whats he doing there?

[yukifujita]

Damn, what if I wanted to light up a cig?

[reviveramesh]

where are you standing and how come you can hold the camera so well..steady I mean?

[photog481]

sound of the wind is music to my ears James.

[gksypher]

They bolt it down to stop the pikeys pinching them lol

[vidsan81]

3:34 Thats one hellava tough rubbish bin!

[izovire]

Hi James are you going to Northern Luzon for Typhoon Lupit's arrival? I think there is a slight chance for hong kong to get some outer bands from Lupit. But the south china sea is cooling down so it may dissipate.

[bigheadbaby]

Those signs along the coast are so firmly built. They don't even move a bit under such a strong wind.