Lightning Tames Typhoon Intensity Forecasting
By Alka Tripathy-Lang
Tropical Storm Nepartak, as captured on 27 July, forced some events of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo to be rescheduled. Credit: NASA-NOAA-20/VIIRS
August 20, 2021
Each year, dozens of typhoons initiate in the tropics of the Pacific Ocean and churn westward toward Asia. These whirling tempests pose a problem for communities along the entire northwestern Pacific, with the Philippines bearing the brunt of the battering winds, waves, and rain associated with typhoons. In 2013, for instance, deadly supertyphoon Haiyan directly struck the Philippines, killing more than 6,000 people.
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