We lived in quonset huts with active japs still in the mountains and we survived a couple typhoons. And that was before they started naming them and well ahead of CLIMAGEDDON! :-)
Like the hurricanes which are their Atlantic counterpart, Typhoons don’t destroy every square inch of ground. But even if every area escapes the beach the storm surge on the coast does tear up parts of the beach every time and the port facilities, desalination plants, and roads have to be along the beach.