Typhoon Megi kills 5, injures over 600 in Taiwan and eastern China More than 600 people were injured and five were killed after once-Typhoon Megi roared across Taiwan and eastern China. Megi made landfall in central Fujian, near the city of Putian, early Wednesday morning local time. The system has since weakened to a tropical […]
Taiwan braces for arrival of Typhoon Megi on Tuesday Flights and trains in Taiwan were disrupted by the approach of the third typhoon this month and most cities planned work and school closures for Tuesday. The island’s financial markets will also be shut, financial regulators said. Typhoon Megi is expected to make […]
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck in the early hours of Wednesday to the southeast of Japan’s main island of Honshu, the US Geological Survey said. The quake had a depth of 33km and occurred nearly 400km (250 miles) from the Izu islands just southeast of Honshu. There were no immediate reports of […]
Typhoon slams into China, but losing strength BEIJING, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Typhoon Meranti slammed into southeastern China on Thursday, bringing strong winds and lashing rain and cutting power, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. The storm, registered as a super typhoon before losing strength after sweeping southern Taiwan, made landfall […]
Typhoon Malakas will bring new hazards to Taiwan late this week before threatening to flood Japan next week. Typhoon Malakas will spare the areas hit hardest by once-Super Typhoon Meranti. Instead, Malakas will take a track farther to the north, passing extremely close to or in between Taiwan and Japan’s southernmost Ryukyu Islands. […]
Strongest typhoon since 2013: Meranti to hammer China with flooding rain after lashing Taiwan Meranti will continue to barrel toward eastern China after battering Taiwan with flooding rain, damaging winds, mudslides and dangerous storm surge. Meranti reached super typhoon status on Monday afternoon local time with sustained winds of 290 km/h (180 mph), equivalent […]