The reservoir of a newly formed lake in Taiwan collapsed through the Ragasa Typhoon, releasing 68 million tons of water and further complicating the situation, in “the strongest storm of the year.”
In Taiwan, Typhoon Ragasa left 17 dead and another 17 missing peopleaccording to local reports. Besides, Two million people had to be evacuated in southern Chinain what was the climate event “Strong of the year, throughout the planet“The strength of the typhoon is equivalent to that of a category 3 hurricane.
The main cause in addition to the waterfalls itself, was that the storm swept a dam natural. The reservoir contained a newly formed lake, which did not resist the conditions of the typhoon, releasing 68 million tons of water and flooding the nearby municipality of Guangfu. The dam, having naturally formed, had generated weeks of warnings of that the lake could overflow around October. At a press conference during last Wednesday, the authorities indicated that the studies ruled out the possibility of dredgeextract with siphon or remove the barrier in another way, so they chose to maintain constant monitoring of the situation.
Now, the typhoon reached the east coast of China like a Category three hurricane.
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The differences between a typhoon and a hurricane
Many times, we can confuse the strength of a typhoon with that of a hurricane, evaluating one different from another. However, both are tropical cyclones, so they are essentially the same. According to the US Ocean Service, “The only difference between a hurricane and a typhoon is in the place where the storm occurs“. If the tropical storm occurs in Atlantic/North Pacific, it will be named as a hurricane. On the other hand, if it occurs in the northwest of the Pacific, it is a typhoon.
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