Typhoons

The project on Typhoon Eurofighter began during period of the Cold war in 1980s, when Western countries were concerned about the presence of advanced agile fighter aircrafts in USSR, that were much better than the aircrafts that US and UK had (BBC, 2003). According to some sources Britain started to look more seriously at a new aircraft design: an inexpensive and small fighter aircraft. The RAF needed to replace Jaguar that were going out of date (McLelland, 2013). But while the concept was being

METEOROLOGY: HURRICANES AND TYPHOONS Course Name : Scientific Writing Name : PrudviTeja Ineni Course Section : CSCI 5035.02 Date : 02-26-2015   OUTLINE: 1). INTRODUCTION ----------- What is origin of Katrina

Vulnerability of people in Hurricane Andrew and the Bangladesh Typhoon were different for these two social systems despite the similarities of the two disasters. Hurricane Andrew took place in 1992 and was a category five hurricane which killed 23 people and left $26.5 billion in damages. Bangladesh Typhoon took place in 1991 and was also the same storm intensity as Hurricane Andrew, however, it killed 100,000 people and left millions displaced. “Humans are great optimizers” (Walker & Salt, 2006

Typhoon Haiyan The typhoon that hit the Philippines on November 7th and 8th of 2013 was no mediocre typhoon. In fact, it is being hailed a "super typhoon," and "equivalent of a Category 5." The wind speeds of Typhoon Haiyan reached 195 on landfall which was 5 miles per hour higher than the previous record set by Hurricane Camile in 1969; when gusting Haiyan reached wind speeds of 235 mph. The main force of the typhoon hit the south shores of Samar Island and the city of Guiuan which has a population

Katrina was the deadliest and most dangerous Atlantic tropical tornado of the 2005 Atlantic typhoon season [1]. It is the costliest common calamity, and in addition one of the five deadliest storms, in the historical backdrop of the United States. Katrina is the seventh most extraordinary Atlantic typhoon ever recorded, some piece of the 2005 season that incorporated three of the six most exceptional Atlantic storm separate archived (alongside #1 Wilma and #4 Rita). At least 1,833 people died in

Cyclone Pam, Hurricane Katrina, and Typhoon Usagi: What Makes Them Different? Illustrious scientists from around the world are in accordance: climate change is happening, and it’s increasing the frequency and severity of our natural disasters. According to the report published in 2012 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the “[a]verage tropical cyclone maximum wind speed is likely to increase.” This has already come to pass, with recent years seeing the strongest recorded wind speeds

Essential Questions: The September 17th disaster came in the form of a typhoon (Makurazaki). How did this natural disaster affect the lives of those at Hiroshima? “Another Hiroshima” The typhoon victims consisted of atomic bomb survivors, soldiers, nurses caring for them, and atomic bomb researchers -- all were war victims at the time. Thus the disaster was nicknames “Another Hiroshima” The rain that came as a result of Typhoon Makurazaki washed away most of the radioactive materials , making the

fleet without support were harassed by the Japanese, further lowering morale, of the Mongol invaders. The Japanese defenses held the Mongol invaders to little ground that was heatedly fought over for almost two months. Ultimately, the seasonal typhoon ripped apart the Mongol fleet forcing the fleet to once again limp back to mainland

Two weeks ago on August 15th 1281, a fleet of over 140,000 Chinese, Korean and Mongolian sailors and warriors approached Japan and attempted to invade Hakata Bay by attacking the smaller defence forces. They were met with a miracle typhoon that locals affectionately call Kamikaze (the divine wind) that destroyed almost all of their fleet leaving the Shoguns with the victory..This is not the first time the Mongols have attempted to invade Japan. In 1274 at the first battle of Hakata Bay, a small fleet

The novella Typhoon by Joseph Conrad tells the story of a ship’s captain, Macwhirr, and his voyage across the East Asian sea. Macwhirr’s incredibly literal, unimaginative nature is juxtaposed with his second-in-command, Jukes, who uses figurative language. The juxtaposition allows the reader to see how Macwhirr and Jukes react to the same problem: a typhoon. When faced with a dangerous typhoon in the middle of the book, Macwhirr remains calm and reads articles from his books on dealing with typhoons