Nearly 420,000 residents were evacuated in Hainan, and over 500,000 in Guangdong, as the provinces were hit by the powerful storm. The typhoon’s impact was also felt in Hong Kong, where over 100 ...

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Three dead and 266 injured after Typhoon Gaemi makes landfall Typhoon Gaemi mapped: Storm heads for China after pounding Taiwan and Philippines China activates emergency plans as Typhoon Gaemi ...

Tropical storm Shanshan made landfall Thursday morning as a powerful typhoon on the southern island of Kyushu and then gradually lost strength, though it was still forecast to bring strong winds ...

The eye of Typhoon Mawar passed just north of Guam, but the eyewall – the most powerful part of the storm – pelted the island with hurricane-force winds and heavy rain. On Wednesday ...

the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said. As the storm continues to move away from Guam, it has strengthened to the equivalent of a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane, with winds of 175 mph and gusts up ...

The most powerful storm system on Earth in more than two years, Super Typhoon Mawar, is raging through the Pacific, stirring up 70-foot waves amid 200 mph gusts as the atmospheric buzz saw cruises ...

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Typhoon Gaemi, the strongest storm to hit Taiwan in eight years, swept through the northern part of the island on Thursday, killing three people, injuring hundreds and causing widespread flooding.

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Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai, speaking to reporters after a disaster management meeting, said the strength and path of the storm were both on par with 1977's Typhoon Thelma which killed 37 people ...