Category - Asia

Typhoon Trami will continue to impact northern Taiwan through Wednesday night, then make landfall in southeast China on Thursday, local time. This moisture-laden system will bring another round of flooding rainfall to areas soaked by Utor last week and Typhoon Soulik earlier in the season. Wind gusts can top 145 km/h (90 mph) in coastal […]

A ferry with nearly 700 passengers has collided with a cargo vessel in the central Philippines and a rescue operation has been launched. The coast guard says the ferry MV Thomas Aquinas listed and began sinking after hitting the cargo vessel and the captain ordered the ship abandoned. Coast guard officer Joy Villegas says the […]

Typhoon Utor continues to churn the water across the South China Sea Tuesday night, local time, as it heads toward southeast China. Utor slammed into the Philippines near the Casapsapan Bay early on Monday morning local time (Sunday afternoon EDT) as a powerful typhoon. Utor was upgraded to a super typhoon on Sunday night local […]

Typhoon Utor continues to churn the water across the South China Sea Tuesday night, local time, as it heads toward southeast China. Utor slammed into the Philippines near the Casapsapan Bay early on Monday morning local time (Sunday afternoon EDT) as a powerful typhoon. Utor was upgraded to a super typhoon on Sunday night local […]

Strong typhoon batters north Philippines, killing at least 1 and leaving 45 fishermen missing A powerful typhoon battered the northern Philippines on Monday, toppling power lines and dumping heavy rain across mountains, cities and food-growing plains. The storm killed at least one man in a landslide and left 45 fishermen missing. Typhoon Utor, described as […]

A number of political demonstrations are planned to take place on Sunday 4 August mainly focused in the Dusit, Pom Prab, and Phra Nakorn districts of Bangkok. Several tourist attractions are located in these 3 districts including the Grand Palace and Wat Po. The political situation in Thailand is unpredictable and sometimes volatile. Over recent […]