Taiwan Typhoon: Morakot

The Typhoon Morokat has been the worst storm Taiwan has had for 50 years. The typhoon struck Taiwan on the 9th of August 2009. We studied about this because it has given us the opportunity to study our unit on Mapping. I chose the picture on the right because it shows how the people have to suffer from the cause of the storm. It shows how many people lost their homes and have to stay in a evacuation center. It is related to our Mapping unit because the storm was big and interesting. It made us look at the map to see how the storm attacked Taiwan and deliberately destroyed everything in its path. Many people died in the storm and many people lost relatives. That got our attention. We studied how the storm hit Taiwan and the causes of it. We found pictures and videos on the Internet showing the damage of the storm. The storm also caused a mudslide which buried many people and killed them. One of the videos we saw was taken by an intern on a weather channel. During the storm the intern so happened to be in Taiwan and he took a video. So we studied where he stood when he took the video and it helped us more with our unit. So we learned a lot from this storm. It helped us study well.

By: Elise!