Forecasters project that the typhoon will make landfall in central Taiwan early on August 8 as a category 3 storm. Sustained winds of around 160 kilometres per hour are expected for the northern half of Taiwan. Image by NASA astronaut Scott Kelly from the International Space Station.

Forecasters project that the typhoon will make landfall in central Taiwan early on August 8 as a category 3 storm. Sustained winds of around 160 kilometres per hour are expected for the northern half of Taiwan. Image by NASA astronaut Scott Kelly from the International Space Station.

Hurricane season has begun in Pacific and Atlantic

12/08/2015

A growing El Nino in equatorial Pacific tends to suppress hurricane activity in the Atlantic but enhance it in the Pacific. This is certainly the case so far for the season.

Ocean Navigator discusses the likelihood of the season for the two oceans and the effect El Nino will bring.

www.oceannavigator.com

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