Typhoon Dolphin A Category Five Storm

TOKYO - Less than 72 hours after Hurricane Genevieve rocketed to

Category 5 strength in the eastern Pacific Ocean, another Cat 5 tropical cyclone is flexing its muscle, this one further west. Super Typhoon Dolphin poses no immediate threat to land, at least through the weekend, but it is a storm worth watching because it is both historic in fact, Dolphin is the strongest typhoon on record to develop so close to the International Date Line – and entirely consistent with the onset of a strong El Niño event. Dolphin peaked with maximum sustained winds of 165 mph, on July 30th, early that morning, with a 910 mb central pressure, after an explosive intensification cycle that lasted less than 36 hours.