Tropical storm Kalmaegi making way toward South Korea; No TCCOR warning yet

Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Sunday, July 20, 2008 CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — After pummeling southern Taiwan overnight Thursday into Friday, tropical storm Kalmaegi skimmed China’s coast en route to possible landfall over the Korean peninsula on Monday morning. Though it is forecast to be a fairly significant storm, packing 58 mph wind gusts at its center, no tropical cyclone conditions of readiness were issued for U.S. bases in South Korea as of Friday, U.S. Forces Korea spokesman David Palmer said. "We’re keeping an eye on it," he said, adding that if Kalmaegi becomes a bigger threat than forecast, "we’ll issue the appropriate TCCORs." At 3 p.m. Friday, Kalmaegi churned some 450 miles west of Okinawa, rumbling northwest toward China’s southeastern coast at 13 mph, packing 58 mph sustained winds and 75 mph gusts. Joint... [read full story]