El Nino is making the Pacific 'burn with fever', triggering typhoon after typhoon in East Asia

• But the last few months have been extraordinary.
• In October, nearly all of Taiwan shut down as a monster storm big enough to engulf the island of 23 million roared towards its north-eas
• A wave of intense and, at times, unpredictable storms exacerbated by the El Niño weather pattern has kille