Taiwan battens down for Typhoon MatmoTyphoon Matmo churned towards Taiwan, picking up strength with thousands of tourists evacuated from outlying islands as weather forecasters warned of possible flash floods and landslides.
23 July 2014
Typhoon power woes in Philippines as death toll hits 38Millions of people in the Philippines endured a second sweltering day without power on Thursday after a ferocious typhoon paralysed the capital and wrecked flimsy rural homes, claiming at least 38 lives.
18 July 2014
Deadly typhoon shuts down Philippine capitalTyphoon Rammasun shut down the Philippine capital on Wednesday as authorities said the first major storm of the country's brutal rainy season claimed at least four lives and forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate.
16 July 2014
Downgraded typhoon heading toward Fukushima plantTropical storm Neoguri churned toward the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Japan's east coast after leaving several people dead and causing havoc in other parts of the country.
11 July 2014
Typhoon Neoguri bears down on Japanese mainlandTyphoon Neoguri bore down on the Japanese mainland after slamming into the southern Okinawa island chain, killing two people and leaving a trail of damage.
09 July 2014
Japan on highest typhoon alert, 480,000 urged to take shelterJapan braced Tuesday for one of its worst storms in years as typhoon Neoguri barrelled towards the southern Okinawa island chain, with the national weather agency issuing its highest alert and nearly half-a-million people urged to take shelter.
08 July 2014
Typhoon-hit Philippine farmers to reap harvest: UNFarmers in the Philippines will soon reap a harvest after using emergency seed supplies to grow crops following a devastating typhoon that struck during planting season.
Barefoot hordes in spectacular Philippine Catholic paradeHundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees poured into Manila Thursday for one of the world's biggest Catholic parades honouring an ebony statue of Jesus Christ they believe has miraculous powers.
09 January 2014
Christmas in mud as rain pelts Philippine disaster zoneSurvivors of the Philippines' deadliest typhoon spent a gloomy Christmas Day surrounded by mud Wednesday as heavy rain drove many inside their flimsy shelters, dampening efforts to retain some holiday cheer in the deeply devout nation.
26 December 2013
Despite disasters, Philippines expects a merry ChristmasDespite several deadly disasters including a killer typhoon and a powerful earthquake, the Philippines still expects a merry Christmas this year, survey results released Tuesday said.
25 December 2013
Haiyan to hit Philippine coconut oil exports: industry officialGlobal coconut oil supplies will likely fall next year, an industry official said Friday, after the killer typhoon that struck leading exporter the Philippines last month destroyed millions of trees used to produce the commodity.
20 December 2013
Philippines launches $8.17 bn Haiyan rebuilding planThe Philippines launched an $8.17 billion plan on Wednesday to rebuild the lives of millions made homeless by Super Typhoon Haiyan and strengthen the disaster-prone nation's defences against future tempests.
19 December 2013
Filipina crowned Miss International in JapanA Philippine beauty queen has been crowned Miss International in a pageant marred by allegations of intimidation that kept her predecessor away -- pledging to use her title to help victims of the country's devastating typhoon.
18 December 2013
Agonising wait for the missing in Philippine wastelandsIn the grieving, grey wastelands that were once bustling towns on tropical Philippine islands, thousands of typhoon survivors are enduring an agonising wait of hope and denial for news of loved ones.
10 December 2013
Philippine typhoon survivors turn cave-dwellersVictims who survived the Philippines' super typhoon by huddling in a cave as a tsunami-like wave obliterated their community have now made it their home -- reduced to Stone Age conditions with nowhere else to go.
18 November 2013
Aid steams in to Philippines as Obama launches appealThe United States said relief channels were belatedly opening up to the typhoon-ravaged Philippines on Thursday as President Barack Obama urged Americans to dig deep and other countries upped their aid.
14 November 2013
More than 10,000 feared dead in typhoon-ravaged PhilippinesSurvivors of a super typhoon that may have killed more than 10,000 people in the Philippines were growing increasingly desperate for aid Monday, as authorities struggled to cope with potentially the country's worst recorded natural disaster.
11 November 2013
Disaster experts warn on avoiding 2004 mistakes in PhilippinesDisaster experts warned Monday that mistakes made in the relief effort after the catastrophic 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami must not be repeated with the super typhoon that has smashed the Philippines.
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