This an example using the D3 trail layout made by Benjamin Schmidt.
The final example, with the typhoon icon moving along the path and the date for each frame shown.
There is a blog entry explaining this example at GeoExamples
Modified http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js to a secure url
Modified http://d3js.org/topojson.v1.min.js to a secure url
Modified http://d3js.org/colorbrewer.v1.min.js to a secure url
Changed /mbostock/raw/4090846/world-50m.json to a local referenece
https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js
https://d3js.org/topojson.v1.min.js
https://d3js.org/colorbrewer.v1.min.js