Frances in the Larger Scheme
Charley, Frances, and Ivan haven't been kind to Florida, but Japan has seen seven deadly typhoons this season, and according to this story could have gotten nailed by twelve more. From the NY Times (why was this story banished to the Science section?):
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Japan's typhoon record was broken with a bang this week as battering winds and mountainous waves overturned ocean-going freighters, ripped out trees from Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park, and shredded a 700-year-old shrine, long a national icon of tranquillity.
With gales still buffeting the northern island of Hokkaido on Wednesday night, the human losses stood at 31 dead, 14 missing and about 900 injured, a steep toll for a middle-class nation that prides itself on its safety. With the arrival of Songda, the latest typhoon to churn across Japan, the nation has been hit by seven typhoons this year, the highest number since 1951, the first year of record-keeping by the National Typhoon Center of the Japan Meteorological Agency.
This year, 19 typhoons, 35 percent more than normal, have whirled out of their traditional incubating area, in the Pacific Ocean near the Philippines.
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Japan's typhoon record was broken with a bang this week as battering winds and mountainous waves overturned ocean-going freighters, ripped out trees from Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park, and shredded a 700-year-old shrine, long a national icon of tranquillity.
With gales still buffeting the northern island of Hokkaido on Wednesday night, the human losses stood at 31 dead, 14 missing and about 900 injured, a steep toll for a middle-class nation that prides itself on its safety. With the arrival of Songda, the latest typhoon to churn across Japan, the nation has been hit by seven typhoons this year, the highest number since 1951, the first year of record-keeping by the National Typhoon Center of the Japan Meteorological Agency.
This year, 19 typhoons, 35 percent more than normal, have whirled out of their traditional incubating area, in the Pacific Ocean near the Philippines.
posted by hellisotherpeople at 1:15 PM
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