BBC article on stu's intercept attempt...
Stuart Robinson from Mountsorrel in Leicestershire is a storm chaser. As people flee hurricanes and tornados, he tracks them down. He has just returned from Taiwan where he went in pursuit of Typhoon Krosa. Here is his account of trying to find the eye of the storm.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7033093.stm