Typhoon Usagi - Weather Hazards Case Study

On 23rd September 25 people were killed by this year’s most powerful typhoon as it hit Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. Below are some activities for teaching this very recent case study for the weather hazards topic.

The first few tasks on the instruction sheet below focus on the location of the typhoon and plotting its track using latitude and longitude on the tracking map below, which helps improve knowledge of place as well as recapping some map skills.

After the mapping task ask students to watch the news video below to see whether they were right in their predictions of where the damage would be worst.

The final task asks students to sort the effects of the typhoon into social, economic and environmental categories.