Typhoon

Typhoon Melor kills four people and cuts power in wide areas of Philippines
The powerful typhoon that has swept through the Philippines has killed four people and left swathes of the country without power in the run-up to Christmas.
725,000 people evacuated as typhoon Melor slams into Philippines
About 725,000 people fled their homes and communities braced for heavy rain and coastal floods of up to four metres (13ft) as Typhoon Melor slammed into...
Philippines on alert as 100mph typhoon threatens misery for millions
Flights have been cancelled and thousands of people have been warned to evacuate flood-prone areas as powerful Typhoon Koppu bears down on the Philippines. The...
14 dead and four missing after typhoon lashes east coast of China
A typhoon battered China’s east coast on Sunday, killing 14 people and forcing the authorities to evacuate hundreds of thousands more.
Twin sisters feared among six dead as Typhoon Soudelor hits Taiwan
A typhoon has hit Taiwan killing at least six people and injuring more than 100 others.
Two killed, 350,000 urged to flee as Typhoon Nangka lashes Japan
Two people were killed making preparations for a strong tropical storm that swept across western Japan on Friday and left more than 30 injured.
Two killed, 350,000 urged to flee as Typhoon Nangka lashes Japan
Two people were killed making preparations for a strong tropical storm that swept across western Japan on Friday and left more than 30 injured.
1 million flee as Typhoon Chan-Hom hits south-east China
A typhoon with winds up to 100 mph has hit the Chinese coast south of Shanghai. Typhoon Chan-hom made landfall in Zhoushan, just east of the port of Ningbo...
Taiwan, Japan and Philippines on high alert as trio of storms bring heavy rainfall
Typhoon Falcon (internationally known as Chan-Hom) continues to enhance the southwest moonsoon bringing heavy rainfall in Luzon. According to the latest...
Philippines evacuates thousands over Typhoon Noul
More than 1,000 people were evacuated from their homes as Typhoon Noul approached the northern Philippines, threatening flash floods, landslides and tsunami-like...
Philippines evacuating thousands over Typhoon Noul
More than 1,000 people were evacuated from their homes as Typhoon Noul approached the northern Philippines, threatening flash floods, landslides and tsunami-like...
Typhoon Maysak melts away as it hits Philippines
A super typhoon dissolved into a tropical depression and made landfall in the Philippines Sunday, forecasters said, easing fears after thousands of residents...
24,000 to be evacuated as typhoon closes in on Philippines
Authorities in the northern Philippines province of Aurora prepared to evacuate thousands of residents on Friday, and told tourists to head home or bunker...
Typhoon-hammered Philippines in ‘fight for our survival’
As powerful Typhoon Hagupit hammered the Philippines this weekend — the second year in a row the country has been battered by a major storm during the...
Philippines bracing for powerful, erratic typhoon
A wide swath of the Philippines, including the capital Manila, braced Friday for a dangerously erratic and powerful typhoon approaching from the Pacific,...
One dead, over a million evacuated as Typhoon Halong slams into Japan
A weakened typhoon slammed into Japan early Sunday, leaving one person dead, more than 30 injured and prompting evacuation alerts for some 1.1 million...
At least 16 dead in China as Typhoon Rammasun rips through Hainan
The strongest typhoon to hit southern China in four decades has killed 16 people after claiming at least 94 lives in the Philippines, officials said Saturday.
Super typhoon Rammasun to hit southern China with winds of up to 112 mph
A typhoon heading towards southern China has strengthened as it approaches the provinces of Hainan and Guangdong and is now classified a “super typhoon”.

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