All public offices and schools throughout Taiwan will be closed today and both railway service and domestic flights will be canceled as the island braces for the onslaught of Typhoon Sepat, the strongest storm to hit Taiwan so far this year. Sepat began pounding Taiwan with strong winds and torrential rains, starting yesterday afternoon. About [...]

Six people were killed and dozens more injured as Typhoon Xangsane brought high winds and rain to central Vietnam. The coastal city of Danang was hardest hit, with four people killed and more than 5,500 homes destroyed, according to officials. Trees were uprooted and roofs blown off houses, while there was concern for fishermen who [...]

Typhoon Damrey (which means elephant in Khmer) has now struck land in northern Vietnam bringing with it 60 mph / 100 km/h winds and torrential rain. According to officials it has destroyed some protective dykes in Vietnam’s Thanh Hoa and neighbouring Nam Dinh provinces. Typhoon Damrey on BBC News. For more information visit the Joint [...]

Typhoon Damrey struck China’s island province of Hainan at about 00:00 GMT on 26 September. Damrey brought 1-minute maximum sustained winds to the region of around 86 mph / 138 km/hr. Typhoon Damrey’s strength at landfall is estimated to be category 1 resulting is a storm surge of around 4 – 5 ft / 1.2 [...]