'like a typhoon' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is often used to describe something that happens suddenly and with tremendous force. For example: "The internet controversy blew up like a typhoon, with people from both sides passionately debating the issue."
"It looked like a typhoon had been through here," she said.
But now all this was to change: adolescence rushed upon me, like a typhoon, buffeting me with insatiable longings.
In this heavy-handed treatment, having Jesus born in a manger is not enough; the arrival also has to occur during what looks like a typhoon.
There was the weather, often benign in recent Opens but which ranged this time from what felt like a typhoon to merely gusty.
But those who persist will find eye-opening, mind-clearing food that blows through much of the faddish competition like a typhoon.
BAE's share price was soon plummeting like a Typhoon fighter making a crash landing - at one point yesterday it was down 11%, knocking well over £1bn off the company's value.
Lang wears so much product in his hair that when he sways in rapture to his playing his head looks like a porcupine in a typhoon.
Most of the deaths were caused by surges of seawater up to 13 feet high that witnesses described as more like a tsunami than a typhoon.
A previous owner called it the Judy of Gloucester — still painted on the stern — but its manufacturer called it a Typhoon, a name I like to think was taken from the novel by Joseph Conrad.
Meaningful reflection struggles in a maelstrom, and national affairs blows like a destructive typhoon.
Putting runs on the board is a practical method of staying a step ahead of Tony Abbott, who is like a mini typhoon, building up ground speed on his Quadrant reunion world tour, throwing bones to the base from the European capitals.
