Typhoon Dolphin intensified rapidly on Saturday and it reached an intensity equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale.  At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Saturday the center of Typhoon Dolphin was located at latitude 18.3°N and longitude 139.0E which put it about 470 miles south-southwest of Iwo To.  Dolphin was moving toward the … Continue reading Typhoon Dolphin Becomes Equivalent of Category 5 Hurricane