It missed. Fortunately for the Chinese and for us the typhoon moved quickly by, just offshore, but it does highlight the dangers of building a massive city at sea level.
The extra warm water in the Pacific caused by the El Nino on top of global warming has spawned a whole string of powerful typhoons that are heading for the Philippines and China. Wundermaps.
The extra warm water in the Pacific caused by the El Nino on top of global warming has spawned a whole string of powerful typhoons that are heading for the Philippines and China. Wundermaps.
The track of Chan-hom goes very close to Shanghai which is only one metre above sea level and is an industrial complex with a population of 24 million.
The storm is then plotted to cross North Korea whose people are desperately poor and already suffering with a tyrannical government.
There may not be much activity in the Atlantic but the Pacific is in turmoil and very dangerous.
The storm is then plotted to cross North Korea whose people are desperately poor and already suffering with a tyrannical government.
There may not be much activity in the Atlantic but the Pacific is in turmoil and very dangerous.
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