There are no active major storms in the area. I still remember that perfectly horrid storm that occurred in the Pacific last year, Super Typhoon-5 HAIYAN.

A Malaysian Airlines flight (click here) with 227 passengers on board has gone missing - and a search and rescue team has been deployed to locate the aircraft, a spokeswoman has confirmed to ABC News.

The Beijing-bound flight departed Kuala Lumpur at 12:55 a.m., and was scheduled to land in Beijing at 6:30 a.m., the airline said. It went missing two hours into the flight.

The airline said there are 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew members on board.