The typhoon grew from a tropical storm to a category 5 storm in less than a day.
Published Oct 8, 2019
Choi-wan is a perfect circle with bands of clouds pin-wheeling around the dense center in this photo-like image from September 15 2009.
Published Sep 16, 2009
The powerful, well developed storm spins over the western tropical Pacific Ocean.
Published Aug 1, 2017
Super-Typhoon Choi-wan had a symmetrical shape, a trait of a strong, well-organized cyclone, when this photo-like image was taken on September 16, 2009.
Published Sep 16, 2009
The storm weakened as it approached the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands.
Published May 18, 2015
In early December 2014, the Philippines braced for one of the most potent tropical storms of the year.
Published Dec 6, 2014
The category 3 storm swept over the Philippines on August 12, 2013.
Published Aug 13, 2013
A little over 1,000 kilometers separated the center of Tropical Storm Parma from the center of Typhoon Melor on October 6, when the this composite image was taken.
Published Oct 7, 2009
Super Typhoon Songda swirled off the coast of Luzon, at the northern end of the Philippine Islands chain, in the afternoon of May 27, 2011.
Published May 29, 2011
In early July 2016, storm clouds churned above the western Pacific Ocean as a super typhoon swept toward Taiwan.
Published Jul 7, 2016
Though Typhoon Choi-wan maintains its tightly wound symmetric shape in this photo-like image from September 18, 2009, the striking clear eye of previous days is gone.
Published Sep 18, 2009
