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Extreme Weather in 2024 Forced Biggest Displacement of People in 16 Years

Extreme weather last year including typhoons, heatwaves and flooding led to the biggest displacement of people since 2008, and exacerbated a food crisis in more than a dozen countries, according to a report. Tropical cyclones were responsible for many of …

Climate Change ‘Supercharged’ Philippines’ Typhoon Season, Study Finds

A warming climate fueled the blitz of six powerful storms that hit the Philippines within a matter of weeks this year, according to a new study. The conditions that enabled the unusual string of tropical cyclones late in the season, …

Super Typhoon Man-yi Lashes Philippines’ Main Island

Super Typhoon Man-yi battered parts of the Philippines with powerful winds and intense rains as it made its way across the main island on Sunday. Man-yi, known locally as Pepito, made landfall over the coastal Aurora province on Sunday after …

Typhoon Usagi Hits Philippines, Set to Track Toward Taiwan

Typhoon Usagi struck the northern Philippines on Thursday afternoon, the fifth powerful storm to impact the country in three weeks, with the system set to swing north and move toward Taiwan. Usagi, known locally as Ofel, has maximum sustained winds …

Storm-Weary Philippines Forcibly Evacuates Thousands as Another Typhoon Hits

A new typhoon barreled across an agricultural region in the northeastern Philippines on Monday after thousands were evacuated to safety while still struggling to recover from the devastation caused by three successive storms in the last three weeks. Typhoon Toraji …

Multiple Climate Disasters Trigger First-Ever Red Cross Disaster Insurance Pay-Out

The world was hit by so many floods and landslides in 2024 that it triggered the aid sector’s first multi-disaster insurance pay-out, the Red Cross told Reuters, signaling both the scale of the problem and the need for new financing …

Typhoon Kong-Rey Hits Taiwan as Shanghai Braces for Downpour

Typhoon Kong-Rey made landfall in Taiwan packing dangerous winds, with Shanghai bracing for the heaviest November rain burst since 1981 as the large storm tracks toward mainland China. Kong-Rey had maximum sustained winds of 51 meters per second (114 miles …

Update: Taiwan to Suspend Stock Trading Due to Super Typhoon Kong-Rey

Taiwan will suspend trading on its $2.5 trillion stock exchange Thursday as a powerful typhoon barrels toward the archipelago. Super Typhoon Kong-Rey has intensified as it skirts the Philippines and tracks toward Taiwan, where it’s expected to make landfall on …

Typhoon-Hit Southeast Asia to See a Rainy End to 2024

Southeast Asia could see higher-than-normal rainfall in the coming months, threatening further disruptions to agriculture, tourism, and industrial output in a region already hit by a series of storms this year. Weather forecasters predict wetter conditions from the Philippines to …

Taiwan Reopens, Clearing Up Damage After Typhoon Krathon

Southern Taiwan worked on Friday to clear up damage from flooding and high winds after Typhoon Krathon slammed into a major port city, while most of the rest of the island resumed work and financial markets re-opened. Krathon, now downgraded …