I arrived back in Taichung on Saturday, Sept. 13 after two weeks in the US and two weeks in Korea. Just in time for Typhoon Sinlaku. No real problems in traveling except a little bumpy landing in Taipei. Lots of rain, lots of wind for several days since the storm crossed the island slowly and headed north toward Japan. The only difficulty for us was disruption to flights on Sunday that forced Teresa to leave for the US from Kaohsiung instead of Taipei.
The storm caused a lot of damage across the island and 11 death. People were killed in mudslides and by one bridge collapse. Crops were damaged mostly by wind.
My friends in Korea note that there have been many fewer typhoons approaching Korea recently, something they attribute to global warming. Most storms now trend to the east, across Taiwan and into China, as opposed to menacing Japan and Korea.
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