Typhoon News
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A powerful typhoon slammed into Japan on Tuesday, leaving at least three dozen people injured and one missing, as torrential rains caused serious flooding that washed away a bridge and inundated homes and cars.
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Typhoon Meranti battered southeastern China with heavy winds and torrential rain on Thursday, cutting power, ripping up trees and smashing windows, a day after lashing Taiwan.
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Parts of Taiwan were brought to a standstill Wednesday as super typhoon Meranti skirted past the island's southern tip, bringing the strongest winds in 21 years and disrupting traffic ahead of a major holiday.
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The death toll from Typhoon Lionrock has risen to 17 in Japan, with several people still missing, and officials said Sunday a new storm threatens the country's southwest.
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The death toll from a devastating typhoon in northern Japan rose to 14, officials said Friday, as another powerful storm approached the country's south.Two bodies were found separately near rivers on the island of Hokkaido, a police spokesman told AFP....
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Japan braced Monday for a powerful typhoon -- the third in little more than a week -- and authorities warned of heavy rain, high waves and flooding after the previous storms killed two people.
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A strong typhoon dumped heavy rain that caused flooding on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Tuesday after killing one person near Tokyo and injuring dozens.
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A powerful typhoon struck near Tokyo on Monday, the first for 11 years to hit the densely populated region, temporarily shutting down Japan's biggest airport and grounding more than 500 flights nationwide.
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Hordes of angry passengers stranded after Typhoon Nida pummelled Hong Kong crowded the airport on Tuesday, desperately seeking flights as the city emerges from lockdown while the storm swept across southern China.
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A tropical storm in China has left 21 people dead and 13 missing, reports said Thursday, after it lashed Taiwan with typhoon-grade winds and rain.
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A tropical storm in China left six people dead and at least eight more missing, reports said, after it lashed Taiwan with typhoon-grade winds and rain.
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A tropical storm made landfall in China on Saturday afternoon, the country's national meteorological center said, a day after super Typhoon Nepartak lashed Taiwan with powerful winds and torrential rain.
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Super Typhoon Nepartak brought chaos to Taiwan on Friday, forcing more than 15,000 people to flee their homes as the strongest winds in over a century lashed part of the island.
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Taiwan cancelled more than 100 flights and shut schools and offices Thursday as the island braced for a direct hit from Super Typhoon Nepartak, the first major tropical storm of the season.
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Communist insurgents in the Philippines have attacked military convoys bringing aid to victims of a recent typhoon, killing one soldier in the latest ambush, police said Thursday.
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The Philippines Sunday marked the second anniversary of Typhoon Haiyan - with the bodies of possible victims of the disaster which left at least 7,350 people dead or missing still being uncovered.
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Head-high floodwaters churned across vast farming regions of the northern Philippines on Tuesday as heavy rain compounded the misery of Typhoon Koppu that killed at least 22 people and displaced thousands.
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Residents of flooded farming villages in the Philippines were trapped on their rooftops on Monday and animals floated down fast-rising rivers, as the death toll from Typhoon Koppu climbed to 16.
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A teenager was crushed to death as powerful Typhoon Koppu tore down trees and houses and unleashed landslides and floods across a wide area of the Philippines on Sunday, forcing thousands to flee.
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Powerful Typhoon Koppu hit the northern Philippines early Sunday, the country's weather agency said, battering the coast with powerful winds that forecasters warned could last up to three days.
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Philippine authorities on Saturday warned that a powerful typhoon will likely linger over the country for almost three days, bringing prolonged heavy rain, possible floods and sparking storm surges.
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Four people were killed Sunday as Typhoon Mujigae ploughed into southern China with forecasters warning it was packing winds of up to 180 km/h (112 mph), state news agency Xinhua reported.
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Super typhoon Dujuan has killed three people and left more than 300 injured in Taiwan, authorities said Tuesday after it swept across the island before making landfall in eastern China.
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More than 7,000 people were evacuated in Taiwan as 'super typhoon' Dujuan swirled towards the island Monday, gathering strength as it bore down on the east coast.
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Typhoon Etau slammed into Japan on Wednesday causing injuries as torrential rain sparked landslides and flooding with more than half a million people advised to evacuate, including in suburban Tokyo.
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Typhoon Goni slammed into the Japanese mainland Tuesday, leaving at least one person missing, more than 70 others injured and disrupting rail and flight services, as authorities urged more than 600,000 people to leave homes.
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Students who have been camping outside Taiwan's education ministry for almost a week to protest curriculum changes said Thursday they were packing up, as the country braced for the biggest typhoon of the year.
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The Philippines on Sunday vowed to take further action to aid those displaced by deadly Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, following UN criticism that the government's response so far had been "inadequate".
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The Philippines has not done enough to rebuild after Super Typhoon Haiyan, as thousands remain in shanties without power or water for nearly two years, a United Nations representative said Saturday.
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Powerful Typhoon Nangka lashed Japan on Friday, killing at least two people and triggering floods as authorities urged more than 230,000 residents to evacuate.
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Typhoon Image
Giant waves breaking on shoreline Flickr
RAF Typhoon warplane is still ready to impose the no-fly zone over Libya Mick Lobb
The Typhoon is a highly agile aircraft at both supersonic and low speeds.
The super typhoon "Yolanda" has made landfall and is now battering Visayas, with maximum sustained winds of 235 kilometers per hour National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
A man walks past fallen trees after Super Typhoon Rammasun hit the area in Wenchang, China's Hainan province on July 18, 2014 , AFP
People walk under the rain in front of the Hong Kong skyline during a thunderstorm caused by Typhoon Rammasun on July 18, 2014 Philippe Lopez, AFP
A typhoon victim holds a placard asking for food while standing amongst the ruins of houses destroyed by super typhoon Haiyan in Tanauan, Leyte in central Philippines With permission by Reuters
A young boy sits near a house damaged by Typhoon Rammasun in Batangas, southwest of Manila on July 17, 2014 Ted Aljibe, AFP/File
Supplies, including 600 tents from the U.K. being unloaded at Cebu airport on Nov. 14, 2013. DFTD
Projected path of Typhoon Muifa. Central Weather Bureau
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Path of Typhoon Yolanda (International code name Haiyan) Map courtesy of The Weather Channel. The Weather Channel
A village official leads a child as he is evacuated from his home in a shanty town as Typhoon Rammasun barrels across Manila on July 16, 2014 Ted Aljibe, AFP
Strong typhoon Botha headed for Philippines Pagasa
On July 7 at 02:30 UTC (July 6 at 10:30 p.m. EDT) the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of Super Typhoon Nepartak approaching Taiwan. NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response/Jeff Schmaltz
Satellite image of Typhoon Halong United States Navy
Northern and Central Luzon and Bicol region will experience stormy weather due to Typhoon "PEDRING" while the rest of Southern Luzon and Western Visayas will have rains with gusty winds. pagasa.dost.gov.ph
Residents walk in a village among houses destroyed by super Typhoon Haiyan in Tanauan, Leyte in central Philippines With permission by Reuters / John Javellana
Fukushima was right in the path of Typhoon Vongfong, a Category 4 storm with winds up to 165 mph. Screen grab
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