"See this typhoon. *smacks greenscreen* You can destroy so many homes with this thing"

Okay, the hell is this meme and why am I suddenly seeing it everywhere?

Internet user: *slaps meme culture* this bad boy can fit some much confusion in it
From what I know it originates from spoofs and jokes based around this image: https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/387/189/3bf.png
Don't ask why things becomes memes, they just do

Was it a running joke that newsperson who only show their upper half body must be either not wearing pants down there or not having legs altogether?