Traffic builds on western Pacific Typhoon Freeway

Three active cyclones populate the western Pacific, though none appear at the moment to be a threat to land. Three active cyclones populate the western Pacific, though none appear at the moment to be a threat to land. (Joint Typhoon Warning Center) 3:25 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, Japan time: It’s starting to kind of look like Chicago’s Outer Drive at rush hour out there on Typhoon Freeway. Will any of the three active systems affect U.S. assets in the Pacific?

Doesn’t appear likely at the moment. Dave Ornauer has been employed by or assigned to Stars and Stripes Pacific almost continuously since March 5, 1981. He covers interservice and high school sports at DODEA-Pacific schools and manages the Pacific Storm Tracker. US pulls bombers from Britain as Iranian threats raise base security concern in Europe Okinawa governor confronts US military over Marine suspected of weekend homicide Last Japan-based cruiser departs Yokosuka as Navy phases out Ticonderoga class