Super Typhoon Saomai

The Atlantic is quiet for now, though there is a series of waves coming off of Africa that will bear watching over the next couple of the weeks. The Pacific, however, is active. Saomai is now a category 5 super typhoon, with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph. The current forecast brings it north of Taiwan on Thursday morning, with landfall in China as at least a category 1 storm by Thursday evening.