TYPHOONS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15169, 7 December 1912, Page 5 (Supplement)

TYPHOONS.

The typhoon which recently' visited Japan, isolated Tokio telegraphically from September. 22nd to the 24th, and carried widespread devastation, is said to have been the severest experienced in half ' a century. The storm appears to have been most violent in the . middle of the South Coast. Typhoons (says ■ Nature) are revolving storms of tropical origin that may occur in Far Eastern seas—the North Pacific or the China Seas— during any month of the year. In Japan and its' neighbourhood they are, as. a rule, con r fined to the months of June to September inclusive, and are most frequent in September. In general, all tropical revolving storms follow a parabolic track. '.' Tho typhoons that visit Japan in September usually originate in the Pacific south-east-, ward of Formosa, move north-west' by west, recurve when abreast of that island, and then take the direction of the Japan Sea, ' Algue divides the tracks of the typhoons in the Far .East into two classes —those of the Pacific, which do not cross the: meridian lof 124 E., and those of the China Sea. A typhoon is'said to. travel rapidly when its rate : of motion exceeds twelve nautical miles an hour if its rate of motion be. less than six miles an' hour it is eaid to travel slowly. The September typhoons come under the former category. ■ i