Typhoons

why are there typhoons?

• Warm current
• Location near water
• Low pressure
• Frequent rainfall

Technology improvements

• Submarines monitor oceans 
• Satellites watch oceans
• Osaka City installed storm walls

preparation

• Move to higher ground if flooding
• Watch the news often
• Typhoon survival kit

most recent: Typhoon Wipha

• 2013
• 17 people dead and over 50 missing
• 20,00 evacuated
• Located in Izu Oshima, Japan

worst: typhoon vera

• $600 million in damage (4.85 billion now)
• 150,000 tons of rice lost 
• Buried around 300 people
• Drowned 300 people 
• 1,223 dead and 5,000+ injured