Typhoon Changes Course to Avoid Unnecessary Destruction
Typhoon Simba seems to be avoiding landfall. It started as a low-pressure storm in the Gulf of Thailand and has been gathering strength over the last week. Now Typhoon Simba, measuring 650 km in diameter, seems to be prefer wide open oceans to crowed lands. It moved southeast from the Gulf, passed into the South China Sea, and then north toward Hong Kong. But then it threaded the needle between Taiwan and the Philippine islands heading east. A spokesperson for the typhoon said that the large cyclonic storm didn’t see the point in all those heavy expectations for potential death and destruction. It just wanted have a little fun and see the southeastern side of Japan. After all that excitement it expects to take it easy for a bit and then form a depression.