“We have found that the cold vortex has strong momentum and carried the typhoon westward as if throwing the storm over its shoulder,” said Ito, who specializes in meteorology.. Ito said a ...

Additionally, a cold vortex that had been pushing the typhoon westward has also weakened. “The typhoon is slowing due to the lack of strong winds to propel it forward," explained Yoshino.

Alfred is forecast to make landfall near Brisbane, the capital of Queensland and Australia’s third largest city.

For example, territorial expansion, the westward movement, the frontier. The country grew tremendously in this period until, by the 1840's, it reached the Pacific Ocean. Frederick Jackson Turner ...