every region is somewhat different, taiwan doesn't have a true monsoon season (it just kinda rain all year long ) but we do rain more in the may to june period usually.
typhoon season can last most of the year too anyway, it's usually concentrated in june to august but anything from april to even november is possible. so far this year there hasn't really been much typhoon in Taiwan, everyone of them seem to end up elsewhere.
Yeah when I was at florida I was shocked at how many wooden houses they were building on the coast, that seems like the dumbest idea ever. (or rather, the greatest idea ever for construction companies! )