The usually frenetic streets of Hong Kong were deserted Friday as the city was battered by Typhoon Haima after the storm left a trail of deaths and damage in the Philippines.
One of the most powerful typhoons to ever hit the Philippines killed at least four people as it destroyed houses, tore roofs off schools and uprooted giant trees on Thursday.
Severe flooding in central Vietnam has killed at least 25 people and destroyed thousands of homes, officials said Monday, as the country braced for further destruction with a typhoon barrelling closer.
Typhoon Sarika lashed the main Philippine island of Luzon on Sunday, ripping off roofs, toppling power pylons and forcing more than 12,000 people to flee to safer ground, officials said.
Gunmen raided the house of a US aid worker in central Niger overnight, killing his two guards before driving him off across the desert towards Mali, the mayor of the town said on Saturday.
The Philippines faces what could be ‘the most damaging’ storm this year as Typhoon Sarika headed for the archipelago's heavily-populated main island, officials said Saturday.
Storm and heavy rain warnings were issued on Wednesday as powerful typhoon Chaba barrelled towards Japan, after lashing the southern coast of South Korea with winds that triggered flash floods and left at least two dead.
Strong wind and rain lashed Taiwan on Tuesday as the third typhoon to hit the island this month made landfall, injuring more than 30 people, ripping signs off buildings and knocking down trees.
China is bracing for its second typhoon in a week after government raised their alert to ‘orange’ for Typhoon Malakas on Saturday, just as southeastern provinces continue to clean up ...
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.
Taiwan braced for approaching super typhoon Meranti on Tuesday, evacuating nearly 1,800 tourists from offshore islands and closing some schools and offices.
The death toll from a devastating typhoon in northern Japan rose to 14, officials said on Friday, as another powerful storm approached the country's south.
