Tropical storms bearing dangerous amounts of moisture are affecting communities on opposite sides of the world. Typhoon Usagi in the northern Philippines has dumped massive amounts of rain in the region, knocking out power, sweeping away houses and bridges and displacing thousands of people since it made landfall Thursday afternoon. Thousands of people were evacuated before the typhoon’s arrival, but no deaths have been reported so far. Usagi is the northern Philippines’ fifth major storm in less than a month, landing just two days after Typhoon Toraji left the area, leaving behind floods and displacing more than 82,000 people. “Typhoons
