[capt. obvious]

did anyone catch what caused the weakening of the storm? cause if it was that island, we could learn from that for next time

[numberonepal]

did anyone catch what caused the weakening of the storm? cause if it was that island, we could learn from that for next time

It wasn't the island so much as the storm was about halfway through an ERC.

[maxter]

"did anyone catch what caused the weakening of the storm? cause if it was that island, we could learn from that for next time"

Prayer perhaps?

[SCDockman]

Once a hurricane or typhoon reaches land, it tends to gravitate toward the first thing it hits. Try this: put the end of your vacuum's hose just above the floor and turn it on. Then, place you finger on the floor near the nozzle. The nozzle pulls toward your finger since the air can't rush in around your finger as easily as it would otherwise and a higher vacuum is created near your finger. The eye of the storm is just a huge vacuum, pulling everything in toward it and flinging it out in bands as it circulates. The trees, buildings, etc..cause friction for the wind headed into the eye and often steer the storm toward the first land mass it hits. That, and its counter-clockwise motion, usually make these things jog to the east. Once it hits friction from all sides over land, it starts to lose its power as the air can't get into the eye as easily and its major heat source is gone.