One U.S Airman dead, two missing, and a Japanese surfer missing after Typhoon Phanfone hits Japan by Jonell Williams, 2nd Period

     Typhoon Phanfone has hit the southern part of Japan as of Sunday, and taken away four U.S Airmen. Two of the U.S Airmen remain missing, while the third airman died and the fourth was found alive. These four victims of Okinawa Island are not alone, as the typhoon moved towards the mainland and entered Tokyo at 8:00am Monday morning. A 21-year-old Japanese surfer went missing on Sunday afternoon off the coast of Fujisawa, a beach suburb of Tokyo as the typhoon moved northeast. The typhoon has caused over 600 flights to be cancelled in Tokyo and 19 international flights, additionally bullet trains have been halted from operating. Along with the uprising calamity, the search for the twelve missing dead hikers' bodies has been stopped until Typhoon Phanfone has passed. The deaths of the twelve hikers was caused by the eruption of Mount Ontake last weekend, and the efforts to looks for their bodies under knee deep ash will continue shortly. Furthermore, as of Monday the typhoon has been said to clear up by this afternoon and night; moving in the direction of the Pacific Ocean. One of the major concerns now in the wake of Typhoon Phanfone is the risk of mudslides, caused by the high amounts of ash created by Mount Ontake and the heavy rains created by Phanfone.
     The articles used have been produced recently over the course of Sunday and today, Monday. The authors of each article held the purpose of informing and accounting for all the concrete details available to them. Personal thoughts about the event are not stated, but future consequences and statements by officials have been emphasized at the end of the articles. The audience for the articles is the general public, no esoteric remarks or statements. The efforts to continue normal life, keeping everybody out of harms ways from the typhoon, the search for the missing men and the missing hikers, and future concerns of the damage done by Phanfone are all predicaments seemingly under control and appropriately handled by officials, coast guards, and meteorologists. This reminds me of Hurricane Katrina and how everything was handled so badly, the protocol for those events was not clear and obviously severely lacking, which resulted in devastating consequences. While in Japan, since typhoons are not a surprise occurrence the protocol is much more advanced and tightly regulated. Natural disasters are no laughing matter when it occurs to your own country, so no matter how scarce the idea of a hurricane or tornado occurring is in your area, it does not hurt to have a plan and regimen in response to those sudden disasters.

1.     http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/06/world/asia/japan-typhoon-phanfone/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
2.     http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/05/world/asia/japan-typhoon-phanfone/index.html
3.     http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-06/typhoon-phanfone-makes-landfall-moving-toward-tokyo/5792596 ----> most used article
4.     http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/one-u-s-airman-dead-two-missing-after-typhoon-phanfone-n218651