Ladies and gentleman, I give you Typhoon Longwang. It could pound Asia pretty hard. It may penetrate deep into the continent. Let’s hope it doesn’t result in another premature evacuation.

OK, so it’s a little juvenile.

Actually, it would have been better if they’d hung that moniker on this storm.

[Update a couple minutes later]

A comment from “Psychobunny” at Free Republic:

If this thing makes landfall in Puntang, the Weather Channel’s going to have to go Pay Per View.

[Update again]

And the hits keep coming:

Typhoon LONGWANG is still a small typhoon, but the clouds got more rounded and spiralled. It is forecast to keep intensification for the moment, and the typhoon gets more powerful if it starts to be bigger.