Nine people died on Thursday after a fire ripped through a hospital in southern Taiwan just as a typhoon hit, making rescue operations “more difficult”, authorities said. The blaze in Pingtung County was reported at around 7:40 am, and was put out shortly after 1 pm, according to an online post by the island’s fire … Read more
More than five million people in Japan have been ordered to evacuate as one of the most powerful typhoons in decades, Typhoon Shanshan, slams the country. The storm has already claimed at least four lives and injured over 80, with hundreds of thousands left without electricity. Though Typhoon Shanshan has now weakened to a severe … Read more
No fewer than 16 people were killed by a typhoon that swept across remote villages and popular tourist areas of the central Philippines on Christmas Day, disaster agency officials said. Typhoon Phanfone, with winds of 195 kilometres (120 miles) an hour, tore roofs off houses and toppled electric posts as it cut across the Philippines … Read more