Visitor # 552
Topic:
Almost all countries near major ocean bodies are plagued occasionally
by the occurrence of typhoons.
Tags: emergency preparations, typhoons, emergencies
Almost all countries near major ocean bodies are plagued occasionally by the
occurrence of typhoons. In the Pacific, the weather disturbance is widely called
typhoon. It is cyclone in the Indian ocean and in the United States, where most often it
comes from the Atlantic, it is called hurricane.
A typhoon is a massive accumulation of destructive winds and torrential rains over a
huge body of water, particularly ocean. The accumulation is facilitated by an area
characterized by the presence of a low-pressure, which makes evaporation and wind
development faster.
Typhoons do not develop overnight. Often, it takes about a few days before one is
developed. Usually, typhoons start as thunderstorms that accumulate strength and
intensify into a massive weather disturbance.
Typhoons are easily tracked and monitored by weather satellites because of their huge
radius and accumulated cloud system.
Thus, weather bureaus are always able to track a development of one, making it
possible for concerned government and safety bodies to release typhoon warnings for
the safety of people who might be affected by the weather onset.
A typhoon is an almost predictable calamity. Almost, because its tracks can easily
change, but certain, because its presence is easily monitored.
Preparing for a typhoon
Countries that are always visited by typhoons have instituted safety measures to
prepare people for the destructive weather occurrence and to help curb, if not totally
prevent, injuries and casualties.
When a typhoon is about to hit an area, typhoon warnings should already be released,
at least 24 to 48 hours before the expected landfall of the weather disturbance.
Thus, people, whose residences are within the warning areas, should first and foremost
make the necessary safety precautions. Here are some of them.
� Store enough food and drinki