Typhoons have existed since ancient times, so how did our ancestors prevent this devastating natural disaster thousands of years ago? There are two theories about the origin of the word "typhoon". One is tone sandhi, that is, there are "gale" and "typhoon platform" in Cantonese and Minnan, and even the Dutch occupation of Taiwan Province Province is based on the character of typhoon in Greek epic.
The other is the simple origin theory, because many typhoons entered the mainland through the Taiwan Province Strait, hence the name. In any case, the records of typhoons in ancient China are mainly concentrated in the coastal areas of Guangdong and Fujian, and the related prevention and control actions are naturally centered on this. For some countries, typhoons have not brought all disasters. Kublai Khan's two expeditions to Japan were defeated by typhoons.
According to records, in mid-August, 128 1,140,000 Yuan troops arrived in Kyushu port by two mighty warships, but they happened to encounter a typhoon in midsummer. South Korean sailors realized this in advance and tried to steer the ship to the high seas to avoid danger, but it was too late. In the face of the thunderous wind, these soldiers standing proudly in the northern grassland have no resistance. They were either buried in the sea or trapped on the island and slaughtered or captured by the Japanese. Only 30,000 people survived.
It was not until the last century that people were able to salvage the relics of Yuan Shizu Fleet in the waters near the battlefield. Japan, as the biggest beneficiary of two typhoons, in that era when the emperor was deified, the legend of "kamikaze" became a life-saving straw to unite the confidence of the island people. However, for most countries, typhoons bring more loss of property and even life. During the period of 1000 years since the Tang Dynasty, we can often see the records of typhoon raging in historical documents. For example, on the first day of July in the fifth year of Dade in the Yuan Dynasty, "the wind was blowing hard, the roof tiles were flying, the sea overflowed, the tide was 45 feet high, people and animals died, houses were damaged, and more than 17 thousand people were lost."