Typhoons In Unbroken

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On Monday, September 25, 2015 at around 5 pm, a dangerous typhoon swept across northeast Taiwan. This typhoon was felt by all Taiwanese people, as the aftermath of the tropical storm included fallen trees, debris, and destruction. These typhoons are formed in the monsoon trough; meaning there is minimum sea level pressure. Typhoons usually strike in Taiwan, Japan, and Guam because they are located in the “convergence zone”, where wind patterns from the northern and southern hemisphere collide.
In Laura Hillenbrand’s novel, Unbroken, chapter 17, the main character, Louie and his friend Phil were drifting into a typhoon in the Pacific Ocean as a result of their war plane’s engine failure. Just like the tropical disaster in northeastern Taiwan,

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