Meanwhile in Sabah, the sea winds is blowing at 40 Km/h to 50 Km/h south-westward and the forecasted waves height is 2.0 m to 3.0 m (dangerous to small boats).  KK area is showered with heavy rain and with strong winds blowing on and off mostly in the evening.  However, in the Sulu Sea which is located to the north of Sabah, the sea winds condition is 20 Km/h to 40 Km/h and the waves height is 1.0 m to 2.0 m high.

Check out the diagram beside for the direction Typhoon babs is heading and the winds speed on its way.  The colour of the arrow showing the path is as per the Saffir-Simpson Scale and the speed used in in knots as per the scale at the bottom left of the diagram.  This diagram is captured on 22 Oct 98 itself.  See the latest plotted diagram on Typhoon Babs at:- http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/GifArchive/BABS-98.gif

Click on the map on the left to see sea winds direction and waves height on 22 Oct 98.

The image at the right shows satelite view of cloud spread on 22 Oct 98.  Clouds covered most of Philippines and Sabah shows Typhoon Babs at work.
 

Hurricane is the name for a tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 74 miles per hour (65 knots) or greater in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. This same tropical cyclone is known as a typhoon in the western Pacific and a cyclone in the Indian Ocean.