User blog comment:SpcardozoComesBack/Is Soudelor gonna be retired/@comment-4074533-20150813201732

Soudelor stands a good shot of retirement. What happened in Saipan was very devastating, and the impact images I saw expressed the damage done. To summarize, Soudelor was the worst typhoon there in the past few decades. Moreover, Taiwan saw a record number of power outages from Soudelor and extreme rainfall totals as well. Finally, China also saw similarly torrential rains and damage totals in the billions. I think that is a good synthesis of what we saw from this powerful system.