TAIPEI--Taiwan issued a weather alert on Tuesday as Typhoon Koinu is approaching and may make landfall later this week, bringing gales and downpours to the southeastern parts of the island.

Taiwan sits in an active region for tropical cyclones, but Koinu is only the second typhoon to make landfall in four years. Typhoon Haikui hit the island in early September, injuring dozens.

Super Typhoon Man-yi has made landfall in the Philippines with the national weather forecaster warning of a “potentially catastrophic and life-threatening” impact, as waves up to 14 metres (46 ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - One man was killed, over 30 people were injured and more than six million people were advised to evacuate as a powerful typhoon bore down on the Japanese capital on Saturday ...

Otherwise sunny conditions were tempered by an early October typhoon making landfall in Taiwan and eastern ... irradiance for the month. Typhoon Koinu was strengthened by warm sea surface ...

How to stay safe and pass the time during a typhoon “If Koinu weakens ... s National Meteorological Centre on Tuesday said Koinu would make landfall or pass over Taiwan’s southern coast ...