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"This is a long overdue dedication for the people who lost their lives, especially the 23 from this town (Bedford, Va.)," said World War II sailor Paul Burke. The 76-year-old drove nearly 600 miles from Needham, Mass., to attend the dedication of the National D-Day Memorial by President Bush on June 6, 2001. Photo by Rudi Williams.Download screen-resolutionDownload high-resolution

Hundreds of D-Day veterans from throughout the country descended on tiny Bedford, Va., for the dedication of the National D-Day Memorial. President Bush dedicated the new memorial, June 6, 2001. Photo by Rudi Williams.Download screen-resolutionDownload high-resolutionPacific typhoons peaking further north, US researchers find

Brian K. Sullivan

Typhoons are peaking in strength farther north in the western Pacific Ocean, and that may have consequences for Japan and the Korean peninsula in years to come, researchers said.

Tropical cyclones, the family name for hurricanes and typhoons, hit top strength more to the north in the western Pacific and farther south in the southern Indian Ocean from 1982 to 2012, according to a letter published today in the journal Nature. A similar trend hasn't been detected in the Atlantic or eastern Pacific.

"Japan and the Korean peninsula are a couple of regions that have the potential to be under greater risk," James Kossin, the lead author and a National Climatic Data Center scientist based at the University of Wisconsin, said