Twin Cyclones Bear Down on South Pacific Islands
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Two tropical cyclones are bearing down  on three South Pacific island nations creating a "critically  dangerous situation," weather officials said on Tuesday.
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At least six people are killed and many left without power as Cyclone Gene hits Fiji with winds of 140km/h (88mph).
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The most powerful typhoon to barrel into Japan's Pacific coastline in a decade made landfall Saturday, unleashing gusts and torrential rains that grounded planes, flooded homes and triggered landslides. One person was dead and another missing.
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A powerful typhoon was poised to strike the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu on Monday, threatening large areas of the country with strong winds and heavy rain.
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A powerful typhoon slammed into Japan's southern island of Kyushu, leaving at least five people dead or missing and some 50 others injured amid strong winds and torrential rain.
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Typhoon Chaba pounded the southern Japanese island of Amami-Oshima on Sunday with heavy rain and strong winds, cutting off electricity to some 5,800 households, officials said.
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At least two people die and several others are reported missing as tropical storm Meari hits south-western Japan.
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Twin cyclones began battering three south Pacific nations and weather experts warned they could combine into one giant, destructive storm center that would create havoc in the region.
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Typhoon Xangsane weakened to a tropical  storm over the Philippines on Thursday but fierce winds and  driving rains killed at least eight people, displaced nearly  5,500 and devastated parts of the central islands and Manila.
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Powerful Typhoon Aere has battered Japan&#39;s southern Okinawan islands, leaving two girls dead and injuring at least two more, while cutting off electricity to about 7,200 households.
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Tropical Storm Henriette dumped heavy rains in this Pacific resort city, flooding streets and prompting officials to close more than 1,000 schools, while Tropical Storm Felix formed Saturday in the Caribbean.
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Heavy rain fueled by a typhoon lashed southern Japan, leaving eight people dead and causing landslides and blackouts, officials said Thursday. Two people were missing.
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Japan and South Korea canceled more than 450 flights as Typhoon Songda approached the Japanese city of Fukuoka on the southern island of Kyushu and South Korea&#39;s southernmost island of Jeju.
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By AUDREY McAVOY  HONOLULU - The Central Pacific's biggest storm in a decade damaged 70 percent of the buildings on Wake Island when it slammed ashore last month, the U.S. Air Force said Wednesday.  Typhoon Ioke left the U.S.
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Two cyclones battered outlying areas  of three South Pacific islands with strong winds, heavy rains  and large seas, but there were no reports of major damage or  injuries, weather officials said on Wednesday.
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The deadly hurricanes that have battered the Southeast and the Caribbean this year may be a sign of things to come as climate change heats up the tropical oceans where such storms are born, scientists warned Thursday.
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A strong typhoon battered Japan's southern Ryukyu island chain on Saturday, and two people died after heavy downpours triggered a landslide, a news report said.