Tag Archives: Typhoon

CNN  —  Residents on the small resort island of Polillo are accustomed to severe weather – their island sits in the northeastern Philippines, on the edge of the Pacific Ocean where storms typically gather strength and turn into typhoons. But even they were stunned by the intensity of Typhoon Noru, …

Typhoon Nanmadol is expected to surge through the Philippine Sea toward Japan this weekend, bringing heavy winds and rain. As of Saturday morning in Japan, the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System had warned that more than 39 million people could be exposed to a storm that is at a …

The typhoon landed on the coast near the archipelago of Zhoushan in the evening after authorities in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang ordered ships to return to port, shuttered schools and evacuated tourists from nearby islands. The typhoon brought strong winds of nearly 160 kph. The winds are likely to …

At least 10 people have died and thousands have been displaced after Typhoon Hinnamnor tore through South Korea’s southern industrial hubs on Tuesday, authorities said. Seven of the deaths were reported from one submerged parking lot under a residential complex in the country’s southeastern port city of Pohang, according to …

Typhoon Hinnamnor could be the strongest storm to make landfall in South Korea’s recorded history. The storm is generating tropical storm force winds over a wide swath that also includes parts of China and Japan. Hinnamnor comes about a month after record-setting rainfall brought deadly flooding to Seoul. The terms …

Twenty-six people remain missing after the Chinese engineering ship Fujing001 — with a crew of 30 — sank some 300 kilometers (185 miles) southwest of Hong Kong on Saturday, as the typhoon lashed southern China with winds of 144km/h (89.5 m/h). While Hong Kong’s Government Flying Service had pulled three …