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Downgraded typhoon heading toward Fukushima plant
Tropical 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 mainland
Typhoon 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 shelter
Japan 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: UN
Farmers 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.
11 March 2014
Tens of thousands in Philippine sect's walk for typhoon aid
Tens of thousands of members of a Philippine sect took to the streets in Manila on Saturday in a charity walk to raise funds for survivors of the country's deadliest typhoon.
15 February 2014
Barefoot hordes in spectacular Philippine Catholic parade
Hundreds 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 zone
Survivors 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 Christmas
Despite 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 official
Global 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 plan
The 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 Japan
A 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 wastelands
In 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-dwellers
Victims 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 appeal
The 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 Philippines
Survivors 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 Philippines
Disaster 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.
11 November 2013
One of most intense typhoons ever recorded hits Philippines
One of the most intense typhoons ever recorded tore into the Philippines on Friday, triggering flash floods and ripping down buildings as millions of people huddled indoors.
08 November 2013
Japan typhoon search resumes as another storm looms
The search resumed Monday for 19 people still missing after last week's typhoon-sparked landslides on a Japanese island, as meteorologists warned of another "very strong" storm.
21 October 2013
Frogmen join body hunt as Japan typhoon tolls hit 24
Frogmen were Friday scouring waters off the coast of a Japanese island where landslides buried houses when a huge typhoon rolled through, as the death toll reached 24.
19 October 2013
Mass evacuations in Vietnam for typhoon Nari
Vietnam is evacuating tens of thousands of people in the path of Typhoon Nari, state media said Monday, after the powerful storm left 13 dead in the Philippines.
15 October 2013