The Philippines is facing an increasing number of fierce typhoons, said Alicia Ilaga, a member of that country's delegation.
Regarded as the "fiercest typhoon to threaten Hong Kong in five years," the Hong Kong Observatory began issuing storm signals by July 16 to warn residents of the approaching storm.
But, once that fierce post-lunch typhoon hits, you know you'll be crawling back into it like the arms of an ex-boyfriend.
On September 28 , 2008 five large wind turbines (WTs) located in the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park in Taichung sustained blade damage from fierce winds and heavy rainfall brought by Typhoon Jangmi.
The regions were battered two weeks ago by fierce winds and tsunami-like storm surges from Typhoon Haiyan, locally called Yolanda.
Cookman marvelled as "with only the bare stage, a tangle of swaying ropes, a backcloth furled and looped as a mainsail and fierce lighting effect, he and his company carry us through a howling typhoon".
Some 20 typhoons and storms normally lash the archipelago nation each year but the southern provinces are unaccustomed to such fierce weather.
"Typhoon," by Joseph Conrad.
"Typhoon," by Joseph Conrad.
