Podul passes closest point of approach to Okinawa, more than 350 miles south-southwest; Podul remains forecast to peak as a Category 2-equivalent typhoon, bisect southern Taiwan late Wednesday. (Joint Typhoon Warning Center)

7:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, Japan time: Closest point of approach by Typhoon Podul to Okinawa has come and gone, about 360 miles south-southwest of Kadena Air Base late Tuesday afternoon.

Joint Typhoon Warning Center’s latest forecast track takes Podul across southern Taiwan late Wednesday afternoon, peaking as a Category 2-equivalent typhoon early Wednesday morning before making landfall.