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Powerful Typhoon Khanun lashes southwest Japanese islands, grounding flights and closing businesses
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoA powerful typhoon approached Japan's southwestern island of Okinawa on Tuesday, lashing the region...
As Typhoon Khanun makes a U-turn, residents of Okinawa brace for another lashing with wind and rain
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoResidents of Japan's southwestern islands were warned of high winds and rain Friday through the...
North Koreans told to ‘focus’ on protecting Kim Jong-un portraits as storm Khanun looms
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoNorth Koreans have been asked to prioritise safeguarding the portraits of the Kim dynasty as the...
More than 35,000 evacuated from chaotic scout jamboree in South Korea as typhoon looms
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoTens of thousands of young people are being evacuated from the ill-fated World Scout Jamboree in...
Heat sickness, snakes and then a typhoon - how the World Scout Jamboree turned into a disaster
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoThe more than 40,000 attendees had been promised a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experience - instead the...
Storm Khanun brings deadly mudslides to China as Russia evacuates thousands
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoA mudslide caused by torrential rains from tropical storm Khanun has killed at least two people on...
At least 20 dead and 27 still missing due to heavy rain in China after typhoon Doksuri’s landfall
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoHeavy torrential rains in Beijing and its surrounding cities for four days straight in the wake of...
Typhoon Doksuri: More than 31,000 flee homes as worst rainfall in years batters Beijing
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoMore than 31,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes in China’s capital Beijing in the...
14 dead over the weekend in Chinese city due to flooding caused by typhoon Doksuri
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoAt least 14 people died over the weekend in the Chinese city of Shulan due to the devastation caused...
Beijing battered by heaviest rainfall recorded in at least 140 years
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoBeijing has received its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few days amid...