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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The death toll from Typhoon Hinnamnor rose to 10 in South Korea, authorities said Wednesday, after the storm battered the southern coast with huge waves and heavy rain this week. The typhoon, one of the most powerful to hit the country in decades, flooded streets and buildings as it passed through on Monday and Tuesday. In the southeastern port city of Pohang — one of the hardest-hit areas — […]
But Southwest Monsoon enhanced by “Henry” will continue to bring rains over parts of Luzon, including NCR today (Eagle News) – Typhoon “Henry” has left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) but will continue to enhance the Southwest monsoon bringing rains in most areas of Luzon, PAGASA said on Sunday morning, September 4. As of the weather bureau’s 5 a.m. bulletin, the eye of the center of Typhoon “Henry” was estimated based on all available […]
PAGASA says super typhoon “Hinnamnor” to be given domestic name “Henry” once it enters PHL; Another tropical depression, “Gardo,” already inside PHL (Eagle News) – The typhoon east northeast of extreme northern Luzon has developed into a super typhoon named “Hinnamnor” with maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts of up to 230 km per hour. According to the country’s weather bureau PAGASA, the center of the typhoon was […]
Hong Kong, China (AFP) A powerful typhoon was approaching southern China on Wednesday evening, prompting Hong Kong to issue its third highest storm warning as neighbouring Macau and other nearby coastal cities prepared for the prospect of a direct hit. Typhoon Ma-on — which shares a name with a mountain in Hong Kong and translates as “saddle” — was packing wind speeds of up to 110 kilometres (62 miles) per hour on Wednesday evening and […]
BEIJING, July 4, 2022 (AFP) – Twelve bodies have been found following a shipwreck in the South China Sea over the weekend that left more than two dozen crew members missing, Chinese authorities said Monday. The announcement came days after an engineering vessel 160 nautical miles (296 kilometres) southwest of Hong Kong suffered substantial damage and broke into two pieces during a typhoon. “As of 3:30 pm on July 4, rescue forces found and recovered […]
(Eagle News) — Typhoon “Malakas” has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, “Malakas,” now with local name “Basyang,” entered PAR at 10 a.m. The center of the eye of the typhoon was so far located 1,435 km east of Southern Luzon, packing maximum sustained winds of 120 kph near the center, and a gustiness of up to 150 kph. The typhoon is moving north northwestward at […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Nine people have died and hundreds have fallen ill with diarrhoea in areas of the Philippines wrecked by a typhoon last month, with aid officials warning of a health crisis as millions struggle to secure clean water and food. Three weeks after Typhoon Rai struck southern and central islands, destroying thousands of homes and killing more than 400 people, relief work continues to deliver supplies to stranded residents left homeless […]
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — The United Nations will kick off a campaign Friday to raise $6.5 million in aid for victims of Typhoon Rai, which ravaged the Philippines last week, the organization’s in-country coordinator said. “Tomorrow, we’ll be launching at the local level with the international community represented in Manila… a presentation of the humanitarian needs and priority plan,” Gustavo Gonzalez told a virtual press conference Thursday. “The financial ask is $6.5 millions dollars,” he […]
Calls for a meeting with budget officials as most funds already spent for COVID response (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte made a commitment to release around P2 billion to typhoon-devastated areas in Visayas and Mindanao region as he visited some of the areas hit by the super typhoon over the weekend. “I can release more or less 2 billion. So this amount will be divided among all the areas that were hit by […]
(Eagle News) — As in the other provinces it had hit, super typhoon Odette (international name Rai) also left a trail of destruction in Cebu where it had made its seventh landfall on Thursday, December 16. Videos and photos provided by Eagle News correspondent Kim Lua in Compostela, Cebu and in the city of Cebu showed just how the typhoon’s catastrophic winds and rains had devastated lives and properties. Odette made its seventh landfall in […]
by Allison Jackson and Ron Lopez Agence France Presse The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year surpassed 200 on Monday, as desperate survivors pleaded for urgent supplies of drinking water and food. The Philippine Red Cross reported “complete carnage” in coastal areas after Typhoon Rai left homes, hospitals and schools “ripped to shreds”. The storm tore off roofs, uprooted trees, toppled concrete power poles, smashed wooden houses to […]
by Ferdinandh Cabrera Agence France Presse SURIGAO CITY, Philippines (AFP) — More than 30 people were killed in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, official figures showed Saturday, with a charity reporting “alarming” destruction on islands that bore the brunt of the storm. Hundreds of thousands fled their homes and beachfront resorts as Typhoon Rai ravaged the southern and central regions of the archipelago, knocking out communications and electricity in many […]
