Typhoon
Christmas typhoon kills at least 13 in Philippines
Typhoon Phanfone hit the Philippines late on Tuesday with winds of up to 120km/h and gusts of 150km/h, heavy rain and flooding.
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Philippines' Manila airport to suspend operations due to typhoon - official
General manager Ed Monreal told reporters on Monday that the airlines and the Manila International Airport Authority decided to close the airport.
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England v France, New Zealand v Italy World Cup games cancelled over typhoon
Both games were due to be played on Saturday. Gilpin said Sunday's four games -- including the Pool A showdown between hosts Japan and Scotland -- were under review.
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Rugby World Cup on alert for powerful typhoon
Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) is tracking Typhoon Hagibis, expected to develop into the highest level of 'violent,' which is due to start hitting the southern island of Kyushu around 12 October.
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Commuter chaos after powerful typhoon hits Tokyo
Typhoon Faxai, packing winds of up to 216 kilometres per hour, made landfall in Chiba just east of the capital before dawn, after barrelling through Tokyo Bay.
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Death toll rises to 44 as typhoon Lekima wreaks havoc in eastern China
Many of the earlier deaths occurred when a natural dam collapsed in Zhejiang after a deluge of 160 mm of rain within three hours.
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Death toll from typhoon in eastern China rises to 30 as storm moves north
Typhoon Lekima made landfall early on Saturday in the eastern province of Zhejiang with winds gusting to 187 km (116 miles) per hour, causing travel chaos with thousands of flights cancelled and rail operations suspended.
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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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Tokyo unscathed as weakening typhoon brushes by, heads north
By late morning the centre of the storm was in the Pacific just off the city of Mito, about 100km northeast of Tokyo.
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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.
