Hurricane
Noun
たいふう
今回の台風は弱いので、あまり心ぱいしなくてもよさそうです。
This typhoon is weak, so it seems that we don’t have to worry too much.
ひじょうに強い台風トウフ号が、月よう日、西日本に上りくしました。
Strong typhoon Tofu made landfall in western Japan on Monday.
大型の台風が日本列島に近づいています。
A large typhoon is approaching the Japanese islands.
A machine that pumps wind can malfunction and make too much, causing a typhoon. It's a really powerful machine to be able to move that much wind.
This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. Instead of だい for 台 though, this uses the reading たい. Remember it like this:
When a typhoon is coming you have to tie (たい) down all of your stuff. Or, you know, if you already know the word typhoon, that's fine too.