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Typhoon Trami injures 45, direct hit on Japan mainland expected
Typhoon Trami is the latest in a series of extreme natural events in Japan, which has suffered typhoons, flooding, earthquakes and heat waves in recent months
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Powerful typhoon batters Okinawa, churns to Japan mainland
Typhoon Trami, packing maximum gusts of 216 kilometresper hour near its centre, was forecast to hit the mainland early Sunday.
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[LISTEN] Are there more storms globally this year? Expert weighs in
Radio 702 host Joanne Joseph interviews climate expert Dr Luciana Esteves.
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Grim search for typhoon landslide victims as Philippines toll climbs
The storm, 2018's most powerful, smashed homes and flooded key agricultural regions in the northern Philippines before battering Hong Kong and southern China with fierce winds and heavy rain.
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SAA says flights from Hong Kong to Joburg will remain cancelled until Monday
The national carrier says this is due to bad weather conditions caused by a typhoon.
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Philippines raises alert as super typhoon hurtles closer
Thousands have already fled their homes on the Philippines' northern coastal tip ahead of the early Saturday arrival of what forecasters have called the strongest typhoon yet this year.
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Wind, rain lashes north Philippines as huge typhoon approaches
Super Typhoon Mangkhut is expected to barrel through the northernmost tip of the Philippines early on Saturday, carrying 205 kph wind speeds.
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Typhoon kills 9 in Japan, boats move tourists from flooded airport
About 3,000 tourists stayed overnight at Kansai airport in the heavily populated south-central area of Japan’s main island, Honshu.
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Japan issues evacuation advisories as typhoon Jebi approaches
Evacuation advisories were issued for some 280,000 people as the wind and rain began picking up.
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China evacuates 200,000 as typhoon hits east coast
Typhoon Yagi hit Zhejiang province shortly before midnight, bringing winds of up to 102 kph, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing the provincial flood control headquarters.
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Rescuers search for Philippine storm victims as toll rises to 200
Disaster officials said 159 people were listed as missing while about 70,000 had been forced from their homes.
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Typhoon Damrey kills 106 in Vietnam, reservoirs brimming before APEC summit
As of Wednesday, 106 people were known to have died because of the year’s 12th major storm.
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Macau death toll rises to 9 as city struggles with typhoon aftermath
Typhoon Hato, with destructive winds of more than 200 kph, was the worst storm since 1968 to hit Macau.
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Over 90,000 people flee as Typhoon Haima slams northern Philippines
There were no immediate reports of casualties from Haima which hit the northern Philippines on Wednesday.
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Third typhoon of the month hits Taiwan, several injured
At least 32 people were injured and more than 5,300 evacuated, government officials said.
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Nine people die in flooded Japanese nursing home
The deaths takes the toll from the typhoon battering the country to at least 11.
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Typhoon Lionrock nears Japan's tsunami-hit northeast, grounds flights
Typhoon Lionrock is expected to make landfall in the northeast Tohoku region later on Tuesday.
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Another storm heading for Japan
Typhoon Lionrock will be the third natural disaster to hit the country within the past week.
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Typhoon Mindulle drenches Tokyo, halts trains and flights
Travellers were stranded at Tokyo’s Haneda airport with about 300 domestic flights cancelled earlier.
