Elderly Typhoon Kilo Crosses Pacific, Meandering Toward Russia
- Storm lasts more than three weeks as it traveled from Hawaii
- Kilo won't break record set by Hurricane John in 1994
Tropical Storm Kilo in a satellite image on Sept. 10, 2015. Source: NASA.
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As cyclones go, Kilo is geriatric.
The tropical storm started out east of Hawaii more than three weeks ago, became a hurricane, then a typhoon and is forecast to survive to reach the Kuril Islands between Russia and Japan on Friday. The average lifespan is 5.9 days for an eastern Pacific hurricane and 7.4 for a western Pacific typhoon.