The Noru

NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik photographed Super Typhoon Noru in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean on August 1, 2017, as the International Space Station passed overhead. Photo: Randy Bresnik/AFP/Getty Images.

The upside-down ship

高雄 (Kaohsiung), Taiwan: Sinking fishing vessels caused by super typhoon Meranti. Photo: Ritchie B. Tongo/EPA.

Through the Storm

The city of 厦门 (Xiàmén) is worst affected, state media says, but the storm loses strength as it heads towards 上海 (Shànghăi). [Read more].

• Reuters, Typhoon Meranti cuts power and shatters windows as it hits China , The Guardian, September 15, 2016

Boxes scattered on a flooded road in 厦门 (Xiàmén) in 福建省 (Fújiàn province), China. Photo: 新华通讯社 (Xīnhuá News Agency)/Barcroft Images.

善有善報，惡有惡報

• Agence France-Presse, Super typhoon Nepartak: six dead in China as tens of thousands flee storm, The Guardian, July 11, 2016

A road is washed away in 闽清 (Mǐnqīng) county, south-east China’s 福建省 (Fújiàn province), on Sunday in the wake of super typhoon Nepartak. Photo: 新华通讯社 (Xīnhuá News Agency)/Barcroft Images.

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind

Typhoons, cyclones and hurricanes form over the sea when the water temperature rises above 27°C. They’re the biggest windstorms of all – and can measure up to 900km across. This photograph shows a tree blown down by Typhoon Kalmaegi, in China, 2014. Photo: ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images.

堤丰 (Τυφῶν)

About 100 trains running through the city of Xiàmén have suspended services while the airport in the city of Quánzhōu has cancelled its flights, sate-run Xīnhuá agency reported. [Read more].

• After Taiwan, typhoon Soudelor to hit China; over 1.58 lakh people evacuated, The Indian Express, August 8, 2015

Typhoon Soudelor hits Taiwan en route to mainland China
Photo: Reuters