An online typhoon hazard map has been helping Japanese people learn the risks of strong winds hitting their areas depending on where a typhoon travels.Created by Hironori Fudeyasu, a Yokohama National University associate professor of meteorology, the map in Japanese is available on the Life Ranger website on weather and can be accessed by smartphone free of charge.(Screen capture from the Life Ranger website)The map appears in the wind disaster information section of the website's disaster prevention category. Users can select a town or city and see the locations of typhoon epicenters that…READ FULL ARTICLE
