Climate change-related effects and aftermaths of natural disasters, such as Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, have wreaked havoc on local peoples’ lives and livelihoods, especially in impoverished c
The start of the new millennium will be remembered for deadly climate-related disasters - the great floods in Thailand in 2011, Super Storm Sandy in the United States in 2012, and Typhoon Haiyan in th
This story begins where Patrick O'Brian's devoted fans would want it to, with a sloop in the South China Sea barely surviving a killer typhoon. But the time is the 1930s, and the protagonist a teenage
In July 2015, the Bloodhound team will unveil the car with which they'll launch their assault on the World Land Speed Record. Powered by a jet engine from a Eurofighter Typhoon fighter and a rocket en
1.蒲金標博士序、作者自序 2.1962年著Typhoon in Taiwan英文版 2017年譯Typhoon in Taiwan為中文版《台灣的颱風》並蒐集了1961～2016的颱風統計資料，使本書具有1897~2016，120年間的颱風統計資料。 3.本書內容包含颱風的形成、颱風的結構、颱風的季節與路徑、颱風前的徵兆、颱風的分類、颱風命名的演進、颱風的災害、颱風預報技術的演進、防颱漫談等有系
Typhoons with unusual tracks are difficult to forecast with respect to whether, when, and where typhoon turning occurs based on traditional synoptic charts and numerical weather forecast model product
Heading into a typhoon in the South China Sea, the Sirdar is on a course that will forever change the life of one of its most spirited and attractive passengers, Iris Deane. When the ship breaks in tw
Drawing on interviews, correspondence and declassified secret U.S. State Department documents, the author chronicles the life of a Jewish U.S. midshipman whose destroyer survived both a typhoon and a
The day after D-Day, the most momentous day of the Second World War, Frank Holland was an RAF pilot whose Typhoon aircraft had just been hit by German anti-aircraft fire during a low flying attack on
From the authors of the New York Times bestselling The Heart of Everything That Is and Halsey’s Typhoon comes the dramatic, untold story of a daredevil bomber pilot and his misfit crew who fly their l
A deadly typhoon, a mysterious creature and a girl who won't quit. In 2020, a large creature rampages through Tokyo, destroying everything in its path. In 1959, Asa Asada, a spunky young girl from
Zack Delacruz is unnoticed at his middle school—and that’s just the way he likes it. But a school assembly, a typhoon of spit, and an uncharacteristic moment of bravery are all it takes to change ever
First published in 1981, Meira Chand's second novel set against the havoc of a great typhoon on an orphanage in Kobe is presented in a fresh edition to enchant a new generation of readers.
Saturday, August 14, 1937—that summer Shanghai was expecting to be hit by a typhoon of "violent intensity." The typhoon passed, but what did strike Shanghai was a man-made typhoon of b
A shipping container full of Chinese immigrants, some dead, some alive, is picked up by the Coast Guard after a typhoon. Inspector Lou Boldt of the Seattle police is put on the case and discovers a Ch
Midair is a true account of one of the most remarkable tales of survival in the history of aviation - a midair collision at 30,000 feet by two bomb-laden B-52s over a category 5 super typhoon above th
A chronicle of the U.S. liberation of the Philippines during World War II includes exciting accounts of amphibious operations, carrier actions, a deadly typhoon, Japanese kamikazes and dueling submari
