World & Nation
The accounting of casualties has been slow, in part due to communication difficulties with the affected areas.
Sept. 17, 2024
The strongest typhoon to hit Shanghai since 1949 has flooded roads with water and broken tree branches and knocked out power to some homes.
Sept. 16, 2024
Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi and 128 are missing as flash floods and landslides take their toll.
Sept. 12, 2024
Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit the Southeast Asian country in decades when it made landfall Saturday with winds of up to 92 mph.
Sept. 10, 2024
Typhoon Yagi killed at least 4 people in Vietnam and injured 78 others, authorities say, after it killed 3 and hurt nearly a hundred in China.
Sept. 7, 2024
Thousands in northern Japan are ordered to evacuate because of risks of flooding and mudslides from Typhoon Ampil approaching in the Pacific Ocean.
Aug. 16, 2024
Taiwan has shuttered offices, schools and tourist sites across the island ahead of a powerful typhoon due to make landfall later Wednesday.
July 23, 2024
The storm made landfall on China’s southeastern coast after sweeping across nearby Taiwan, where it caused landslides and flooding in low-lying areas.
July 25, 2024
Typhoon Koinu brought the fastest wind ever recorded in Taiwan, where a monitoring device measured one gust of nearly 213 mph before it broke.
Oct. 5, 2023
State broadcaster VTV said a torrent of water gushing down a mountain in Lao Cai province buried Lang Nu hamlet with 35 families in mud and debris.
Sept. 11, 2024