Tropical Storm Danas Threatens Japan and South Korea

The goal of this blog is to not just focus on hazards in the United States, but throughout the world. It would be a pretty poor blog if I just focused on one country, when environmental hazards are obviously a worldwide problem. In an attempt to expand outside of US hazards, I read an article on tropical storm Danas which was threatening both Japan and South Korea and still could cause major problems. Even with the attempt to get away from affects of a hazard on the US, I read that more than 18,000 American military and their families live on the Japanese island of Okinawa, which was right in the target lines of Danas. The storm did not make a direct hit on the island, and no reports of immediate damage were reported. Tropical storms, which lead to more commonly known hazards such as hurricanes and typhoons, are a major type of hazard in this region of the world. These hazards can be especially affective because of the populations and land mass of some of these nations. For example, Japan has a very large amount of people in a very small country in terms of land. When hazards hit, there's not too many places to run for safety. Also when you look at the location of these countries, many are bordered by oceans, creating the potential for very large hazards. It appears tropical storm Danas will not be as severe as once though, but winds were still measured at 145 miles per hour. Those types of speeds could do serious damage if they hit the right area, and unfortunately for many Asian nations, it's a reoccurring problem. http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/typhoon-danas-leaves-okinawa-moves-toward-japan-and-south-korea-20131008