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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

Sep 17, 2:55 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Susmitha Suresh 09/17/18 AT 2:24 AM After leaving a path of destruction in the Philippines, Super Typhoon Mangkhut weakened to a tropical storm after it reached mainland China on Sunday afternoon.The storm claimed at least 54 lives in the Philippines where it first made landfall. Two people were reported dead in the Chinese province of Guangdong.Forecasts said Mangkhut will now move inland to western Guangdong. More than 2.5 million people were evacuated from Guangdong and Hainan Island. It is expected to hit Guizhou, Chongqing, and Yunnan on Monday, according to reports.The typhoon was one of the most powerful storms the region has seen in decades, according to reports. An update on the tropical storm at 12.00 p.m. HKT (12 a.m. EDT Monday) said that the storm was about 650 km west of Hong Kong with a maximum sustained wind speed of 46.6 miles per hour. It is … [Read more...] about Super Typhoon Mangkhut Weakens To Tropical Storm, Over 56 Dead

News / World by Press Association 14/09/2018, 6:08 am FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter Philippine authorities were evacuating thousands of people from the path of the most powerful typhoon this year, closing schools, readying bulldozers for landslides and placing rescuers and troops on full alert. More than four million people live in areas at most risk from the storm, which the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre in Hawaii categorised as a super typhoon with powerful winds and gusts equivalent to a category 5 Atlantic hurricane. Typhoon Mangkhut is on course to hit north-eastern Cagayan province early on Saturday. It was tracked on Friday about 250 miles away in the Pacific with sustained winds of 127mph and gusts of up to 158 mph, Philippine forecasters said. With a massive rain cloud band 560 miles wide, combined with seasonal monsoon rains, the typhoon could bring heavy to intense rains that could set off landslides and … [Read more...] about Evacuation under way as huge typhoon nears Philippines

News / World by Press Association 14/09/2018, 8:08 pm FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter Typhoon Mangkhut has made landfall on the northeastern coast of the Philippines. The typhoon made landfall before dawn in the coastal town of Baggao in Cagayan province on the northern tip of Luzon island, an agricultural region of flood-prone rice plains and mountain provinces often hit by landslides. More than 5 million people are at risk from the storm, which the Hawaii-based Joint Typhoon Warning Centre categorises as a super typhoon with powerful winds and gusts equivalent to a category 5 Atlantic hurricane. There were no immediate reports of major damages or casualties in the region, where a massive evacuation from high-risk areas has been under way for the last two days. With a huge raincloud band 560 miles wide, combined with seasonal monsoon rains, the typhoon could bring heavy to intense rain that could set off landslides … [Read more...] about Philippines hit by monster typhoon Mangkhut

News / World by Press Association 15/09/2018, 4:56 am FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter Typhoon Mangkhut slammed into the north-eastern coast of the Philippines on Saturday, its ferocious winds and blinding rain ripping off tin roof sheets and knocking out power. The typhoon made landfall before dawn in the coastal town of Baggao in Cagayan province on the northern tip of Luzon Island, a breadbasket of flood-prone rice plains and mountain provinces often hit by landslides. More than five million people were at risk from the storm, which the Hawaii-based Joint Typhoon Warning Centre downgraded from a super typhoon but said was still punching powerful winds and gusts equivalent to a category four Atlantic hurricane. There were no immediate reports of major damages or casualties in the region, where a massive evacuation from high-risk areas was carried out over two days. With a huge rain cloud band 560 miles wide, combined … [Read more...] about Blinding rain and ferocious winds lash Philippines as Typhoon Mangkhut hits