Kat

Storming into T Y P H O O NS

__What is this page about?__

 Hi, my name is Katherine and I am a fifth grader at [|MICDS]. I live in [|St. Louis, Missouri]. I am doing my sight on [|typhoons]. The purpose of this sight is to tell how [|geography] and typhoons impact how people live their lives. On this web-site you will see what an expert has to say about typhoons, what to do and what not to do in a typhoon, a historical event on a typhoon, and  much, much more.



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__ **Current event** __ **Philippines Typhoon Washi Death Toll Reaches 1,249**

-Date: 27/12/11 <span style="color: #0300ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">-Source: Website, BBC <span style="color: #0300ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">-Author: Anonymous BBC reporter

<span style="color: #0300ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Typhoon Washi was a catastrophic storm that struck the southern Philippines December 16-18, 2011. While the death toll from the storm was at least 1,249 people, most of the people that died were killed as a result of the storm’s after affects--Washi’s flash floods. This after affect was so bad because many of the people who died were sleeping! The people reacted to this disaster by putting the people who had lost their homes in school buildings until their homes were recovered. Sadly, these people had to move out when classes started on January 3, 2012. The major after affect for this disaster was the flash floods and landslides caused by rivers bursting. Many of the people who died in this typhoon were found in the mud and/or drowned from the flash flooding. One fact I learned from this article is that 60,000 people were made homeless by this typhoon. Another fact I learned was that once a disaster strikes you, do not find all the bodies immediately. This story is important to science because typhoons are a natural disaster, which is science. This storm presents evidence that the after affects of a storm can be equally, or more devastating than the storm itself.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16336706

<span style="color: #0300ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">__ Historical Event __

<span style="color: #0300ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> [|Manila] is the capital of the [|Philippians]. It has had its fair share of typhoons, but none as bad as [|Typhoon Ketsana]. Typhoon Ketsana, which was formed by warm air pushing upward, hit on September 23, 2009 and was the most devastating typhoon in the [|2009 Pacific Typhoon season]. <span style="color: #0300ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Typhoon Ketsana came with damage of $1.09 billion, and 106 people dead and missing. Many Philippine villagers managed to save only the clothing on their backs. Many army troops, police, and civilian volunteers recovered bodies from the muddy water after the damage from Typhoon Ketsana. Because of devastating storms like Ketsana, the Philippines are known for being one of the [|tornado alleys] for typhoons.

<span style="color: #0300ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">There is little evidence that the people of the Philippines prepared for Typhoon Ketsana but, if they had checked the [|FEMA site] and listened to the [|radio] it would have been much less disastrous. I think so many killings could have been avoided if the proper preparations, such as making a family plan, had been pursued. Typhoon Ketsana was very devastating--people died and went missing, leaving the Philippine people in shock. Lets hope that today that the people of the Philippines are much more aware and are consistently checking for signs of a possible typhoon.

<span style="color: #0300ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;">__ Thanks to... __


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 * 2) <span style="color: #0300ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"Villagers count missing and dead as floodwaters recede." //New Zealand Herald// [Auckland, New Zealand] 29 Sept. 2009: 17. //Gale Science In Context//. Web. 2 Feb. 2012.
 * 3) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16336706