By James Pomfret and Enrico Dela Cruz HONG KONG/MANILA, Sept 16 (Reuters) - A super typhoon made landfall in China's Guangdong on Sunday, the country's most populous province, after wreaking havoc in Hong Kong and Macau and killing potentially more than 50 people in the Philippines. Packing winds of more than 200 kph (125 mph) at its peak, tropical cyclone Mangkhut is … [Read more...]
Philippines Braces for Super Typhoon Mangkhut
By Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Philippine authorities evacuated more areas on Friday and warned an estimated 5.2 million people in the path of a "very destructive" typhoon to stay indoors, as the country braced for heavy rain and damage to infrastructure and crops. Super Typhoon Mangkhut is expected to barrel through the northernmost tip of the Philippines … [Read more...]
Hurricane Florence, Now a Major Category 4, Roars Towards the Carolinas
Update: The NOAA NWS National Hurricane Center has just upgraded Florence to a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 m.p.h. By Rich McKay and Letitia Stein Sept 10 (Reuters) - North Carolina officials on Monday ordered residents to evacuate the state's Outer Banks barrier islands beginning on Monday ahead of Hurricane Florence, the first major hurricane to … [Read more...]
WATCH: Tanker Smashes Bridge as Typhoon Jebi Slams Japan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKBLdXlezvg A tanker smashed into the bridge linking Japan's Kansai International Airport with the mainland on Tuesday as a powerful typhoon slammed Japan's western coast. The tanker, named Houn Maru, was anchored in Osaka Bay but strong winds produced by Typhoon Jebi proved just too much and the ship drifted into the bridge, causing … [Read more...]
Gordon to Make Landfall Along Central Gulf Coast as Hurricane -NWS
Tropical Storm Gordon is expected to make landfall along the north-central Gulf Coast tonight as a hurricane, the NWS National Hurricane Center said Tuesday. In its 10 a.m. CDT update, TS Gordon was centered over the eastern Gulf of Mexico about 145 miles east-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River. On the forecast track, the center of Gordon will move across the … [Read more...]