A Super Typhoon's Deadly Path
On Nov. 23, a tropical depression began to form some 450 km south-southwest of the island of Pohnpei, one of the four federated states of Micronesia. Originating closer to the equator than most tropical storms, it would make its devastating way across the Central Pacific towards the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.
Called Bopha internationally and …
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