Jonathan Kinghorn is the editor of In Focus. He is also a writer and editor with Corporate Communications at AIR, working on technical articles for trade and business publications, marketing collateral, client communications, web content and project deliverables. He is passionate about maritime history and published an award-winning book about the Atlantic Transport Line. He is also a certified museum curator and an avid runner.
With minimal vertical wind shear and a long fetch of warm water, Typhoon Haiyan had a lengthy runway to spin up to super typhoon status before it made landfall in the Philippines on November 7, 2013.