China typhoon 2017

Sep 04, 2:44 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Shreesha Ghosh @Shreesha_94 08/23/17 AT 4:23 AM UPDATE: 4:45 a.m. EDT — At least three people, including a 45-year-old mainland Chinese tourist, died in Macau and two went missing after typhoon Hato lashed through the South China Sea on Wednesday. Earlier, four people were said to have gone missing in Fai Chi Kei, Macau; however, later two people were rescued, South China Morning Post reported. Macau also faced blackout due to power supply cable failure in the neighboring city of Zhuhai. The power supply is slowly being restored, the Macau Daily Times reported.Original Story Typhoon Hato that made landfall in China on Wednesday whipped through Hong Kong causing heavy floods and suspension of trade. The city observatory downgraded the powerful typhoon to number 8 at 2:10 p.m. local time (2:10 a.m. EDT) hours after the city issued the highest storm … [Read more...] about WATCH: Typhoon Hato Triggers Heavy Flooding in Hong Kong, Halts Stock Trading

Aug 17, 5:38 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Suman Varandani @suman09 08/17/18 AT 4:59 AM The United States warned China against any plans of adding a nuclear element to the ongoing territorial controversy in the South China Sea after a report claimed Beijing will likely construct floating nuclear power plants on disputed islands and reefs.“China’s plans to power these islands may add a nuclear element to the territorial dispute,” the Pentagon said in its 2018 report to Congress titled “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China.”“China indicated development plans may be underway to power islands and reefs in the typhoon-prone South China Sea with floating nuclear power stations; development reportedly is to begin prior to 2020," the report, released Thursday, added. There have been reports in the past about … [Read more...] about Nuclear Power Plants In South China Sea? US Warns China Over Plans

TomDispatch, ContributorA regular antidote to the mainstream media. 04/12/2018 05:25 pm ET This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. By Alfred W. McCoy Amid the intense coverage of Russian cyber-maneuvering and North Korean missile threats, another kind of great-power rivalry has been playing out quietly in the Indian and Pacific oceans. The U.S. and Chinese navies have been repositioning warships and establishing naval bases as if they were so many pawns on a geopolitical chessboard. To some it might seem curious, even quaint, that gunboats and naval bastions, once emblematic of the Victorian age, remain even remotely relevant in our own era of cyber-threats and space warfare. Yet if you examine, even briefly, the central role that naval power has played and still plays in the fate of empires, the deadly serious nature of this new naval competition makes more sense. Indeed, if war were to break … [Read more...] about How China And The U.S. Are Spawning A New Great Power Naval Rivalry

Philippine officials were assessing damage and checking on possible casualties as Typhoon Mangkhut on Saturday pummeled the northern breadbasket with ferocious wind and rain that set off landslides, damaged an airport terminal and ripped off tin roofs. There are no immediate deaths reported but Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said officials in northeastern Cagayan province, where the typhoon slammed ashore before dawn, were verifying the drownings of two children. Authorities were also checking what happened to about 70 men who reportedly returned to their coastal village to check on their homes during dangerous storm surges that saw walls of seawater whipped inland. Mangkhut's sustained winds weakened to 170 kilometers (105 miles) per hour with gusts of up to 260 kph (161 mph) after it sliced across Luzon Island's flood-prone rice plains and mountain provinces toward the South China Sea, aiming at southern China and Hong Kong, where residents braced for the worst. "It's still a … [Read more...] about Philippines Checking Damage, Casualties Amid Typhoon’s Rains

In Climate update we look back at global meteorological data gathered in the previous month, to better understand what it says about broader climate patterns. An August of extremes Last August was the fourth warmest month on record. Sea ice cover was below average in both polar regions. Northern Europe, Australia, and southern Africa were particularly dry. Heavy floods drowned huge regions in China and India. A deadly typhoon caused havoc in Japan and Korea. Hawaii was struck by a tropical storm. Southern Europe soaked under a much wetter than average August. In Italy, 11 hikers died after a flash flood in a creek. Meanwhile, extreme heat and severe drought in Spring and Summer in Northern Europe plunged farmers into despair as harvests dwindled and cattle lacked fodder. The continent suffered the warmest April to August period on record, with August being the third month this year with exceptionally high temperatures. #AskSpace about climate change and the weather Does the latest … [Read more...] about Copernicus Climate Update: Flaming August