TYPOON 

A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere. This region is referred to as the Northwestern Pacific Basin,and is the most active tropical cyclone basin on Earth, accounting for almost one-third of the world's annual tropical cyclones. 

A typhoon differs from a cyclone or hurricane only on the basis of location.A hurricane is a storm that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean or northeastern Pacific Ocean, a typhoon occurs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, and a tropical cyclone occurs in the south Pacific orIndian Ocean.

Within the northwestern Pacific, there are no official typhoon seasons as tropical cyclones form throughout the year. Like any tropical cyclone, there are a few main requirements for typhoon formation and development:

 1 sufficiently warm sea surface temperatures,

 (2) atmospheric instability, 

(3) high humidity in the lower to middle levels of the troposphere,

 (4) enough Coriolis effect to develop a low pressure center, 

(5) a pre-existing low level focus or disturbance, and

 (6) a low vertical wind shear

When they reach populated areas, they usually bring very strong winds and rain which can cause a lot of damage. Hurricanes are tropical storms that form over the North Atlantic Ocean and Northeast Pacific. Cyclones are formed over the South Pacific and Indian Ocean. Typhoons are formed over the Northwest Pacific Ocean.

Specific Effects of Typhoon

There are many types of effects a typhoon could bring to the people of an area, it’s time for us to talk about the specific things that a typhoon might bring alongside. Those are effects from the all of the three kinds of effects. Below are the effects of a typhoon.

1. Strong winds-This is one of the most devastating and the most consistent negative effect of a typhoon. Strong winds can easily cause buildings to collapse, as well as destroying roads and infrastructure. Strong winds could also damage agriculture by blowing away seeds and plants, making the crops unable to grow.
2. Salty Water-Since typhoons occurs on ocean bodies and have very strong winds. Typhoons often bring salty sea water that can harm the crops of the farmlands. This can also cause leakage of electricity as salt water is really conductive.
3. Waves-Strong waves will be created by a typhoon when it strikes. The waves could cause shipwrecks, and even damage land because the waves could reach as high as 20 meters. This could also cause shoreline erosion because the waves would wash away the nutrients in the soil.
4. Torrential rain- Large amounts of precipitation will follow with the typhoon. This could cause flooding, the damaging of crops, and many more.
5. Flood: This effect is caused by the torrential rainfall, which occurs as a direct result of the typhoon itself. As mentioned earlier, flooding will ruin crop fields, collapse small buildings, and can even take lives.
6. Landslide- Landslides are caused by the precipitation that is present when a typhoon hits an area. Landslides occur when large amounts of water has settled on mountain tops. The intense pressure of the water pressing down, causes soil and rock to slide off from where they were.
7. Pests and Epidemic diseases-Diseases and pests are often found after floods and further damage crops. This is another very devastating effect that threatens the lives of the people in typhoon damaged areas. Diseases like cholera run rampant because of the perfect conditions of spreading diseases. People especially in poorer areas can not rid the disease because of the lack of medical support. Furthermore, the amount of money that has to be put into buying a cure can end up causing hundreds of thousands of dollars.