Typhoon Kammuri Hits Philippines, Killing at Least 3, Displacing 500,000 More December 3, 2019 By Cecilia Yap and Ditas Lopez The Philippines reopened its main airport late Tuesday as Typhoon Kammuri heads to the South China Sea, leaving at least...
Philippines Taps Catastrophe Bonds to Help Pay for Natural Disasters November 25, 2019 By Siegfrid Alegado and Denise Wee The Philippines, among the world’s most disaster-prone nations, sold its maiden foreign-currency catastrophe-linked bonds to help cover costs of major...
Tropical Storm Usman Becomes Philippines’ 2nd Deadliest Weather Disaster in 2018 December 31, 2018 By Cecilia Yap Tropical Storm Usman, which entered the Philippines on Christmas Day, emerged as the deadliest weather disaster for the country this...
Super Typhoon Mangkhut Targets China After Killing More Than 50 in Philippines September 16, 2018 By James Pomfret and Enrico Dela Cruz A super typhoon made landfall in China’s Guangdong on Sunday, the country’s most populous province, after wreaking havoc in Hong...
Typhoon Tembin Leaves Trail of Death, Destruction in Philippines December 27, 2017 A powerful storm that left a trail of death and destruction in the Philippines was downgraded to a tropical depression...
Philippines Hunts for Crew of Ship Sunk by Typhoon Nock-Ten; AIR Comments December 28, 2016 By Jim Gomez The Philippine coast guard pressed its search Tuesday for 18 crewmen from a cargo ship that sank at the height...
Typhoon Haima Hits China as Weaker Storm; AIR Worldwide Comments October 21, 2016 By Dominic Lau and Eduard Gismatullin Typhoon Haima made landfall in China after it brushed past Hong Kong, forcing the city’s stock exchange to cancel trading...
Typhoon Haima Batters Philippines; Weakened Storm Heads to China October 20, 2016 By Cecilia Yap More than 90,000 people were evacuated after Typhoon Haima left vast areas of the Philippines flooded and without electricity as...
Philippines Readies for Super Typhoon Haima – in 2nd Storm in a Week October 19, 2016 By Cecilia Yap The Philippines raised the storm alert for two northern provinces to its highest level as authorities moved people to safer...
Typhoon Sarika Hits Philippines, Killing at Least 2 People, Displacing Thousands October 17, 2016 By Ditas Lopez Typhoon Sarika made landfall in eastern Philippines on Sunday after leaving at least two people dead a day earlier, thousands...