Powerful storm hits Hokkaido, Japan

Powerful storm hits Hokkaido, Japan

Tropical Storm "Choi-wan" interacted with a mid-latitude trough and generated a strong extra-tropical low system on October 7, 2015. The system is currently packing extremely strong winds of typhoon strength that already began affecting parts of Hokkaido…

Typhoon “Choi-wan” forms in the western Pacific

Typhoon “Choi-wan” forms in the western Pacific

Typhoon "Choi-wan", another tropical cyclone of the very active 2015 tropical season, continues to travel across the western Pacific, intensifying. This intensification will last only for the next 12 hours, and the storm strength is expected to ease…