A Tale of Two Typhoons

Even though the Tropical Atlantic remains fairly calm, that is not the case in the western Pacific. There are two typhoons in that basin, Nari and Wipha. We can also still see the remnants of Cyclone Phailin which made landfall into eastern India on Saturday where there has been widespread and significant damage, as well as reports of loss of life.

Typhoon Nari, which is in the South China Sea is a category 2 storm and is slowly weakening as it head towards the west. It will make landfall into Vietnam and will bring tremendous amounts of rain to that country as well as the countries of Laos and Cambodia.

Typhoon Wipha, which is  the much more powerful and well developed system is the intensity of a category 4 storm in the Atlantic Basin. Luckily, Wipha is not expected to impact any land masses in the near future. However, it is a very powerful system as evident by the well-developed eye within the symmetrical structure of the storm. This system will continue to move towards the northwest before curving back towards the northeast where it is expected to stay just offshore of the Japanese mainland, but it could impact some of the eastern areas of the island nation.

Category: Tropical