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August 08, 2006
Tropical Storms in the Pacific - Maria, Typhoon Saomai, and Bopha
So far this summer the tropical storms in the Atlantic have been mild and few in comparison to last year's flood of storms. Things have been pretty active in the Pacific though. Right now there are three storms of interest visible in the hurricane tracker which is part of GEB's collection of Storm Tracking Tools 
(read more about these tools). Maria is just now striking Japan, Bopha is striking Taiwan, and Typhoon Saomai (currently a class 2 storm) is about 1000 km east of Taiwan and headed west. Use the hurricane tracker to check not only the historical and forecasted track of these storms, but also see satellite photos, radar, and even web cams of the areas the storms are approaching.
Posted by FrankTaylor at August 8, 2006 09:09 AM
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Posted by: JEP at August 9, 2006 01:05 AM
The typhoon's name is actually Saomai. It means Venus, or the morning star, in Vietnamese.
Posted by: nxdat at August 10, 2006 12:07 AM
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Wow! Very cool. We like this!
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