Powerful typhoon hits central Vietnam
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Typhoon Xangsane landed in central Vietnam Sunday morning, knocking down trees and electricity poles and causing widespread blackouts in the region, officials said.
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A powerful typhoon raced up the Japanese archipelago Saturday, injuring at least 37 people, cutting power and snarling transportation, officials and news reports said.
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A powerful typhoon lashed southern Japan on Monday, toppling trees and telephone poles with strong winds and torrential rains. Two elderly men died after being knocked down by strong winds, while 18 people were injured and one was missing.
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A powerful typhoon sliced through the Philippines Friday, forcing more than 160,000 people to flee their homes to higher ground even as rescuers struggled to find the missing from an earlier storm that killed more than 420 people.
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Typhoon Wipha, with wind gusts up to 185 mph (298 kph), forced schools and businesses in Taiwan to close Tuesday as it churned toward the central Chinese coast.
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A typhoon ripped off roofs, felled trees and cut power lines on Vietnam's central coast on Sunday, killing at least seven people before weakening overland and moving into neighboring Laos, officials said.
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TOKYO  - The biggest typhoon to hit Japan in more than a decade roared over the country&#39;s main island, with heavy rain and fierce winds leaving at least 16 people dead and 12 others missing.
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The biggest typhoon to hit Japan in more than a decade has roared over the country&#39;s main island, Honshu, with heavy rain and fierce winds leaving at least 18 people dead and 13 others missing, officials said.
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TOKYO  - A powerful typhoon lashed southern Japan on Monday, toppling trees and telephone poles with strong winds and torrential rains. Two elderly men died after being knocked down by strong winds, while 18 people were injured and one was missing.
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TOKYO - A powerful typhoon raked Japan's Pacific coastline Saturday, killing at least two people and leaving at least five others missing in the most powerful storm to hit the nation in a decade, officials said.    Ma-on, which means horse saddle in Cantonese, was the record eighth typhoon to reach Japan's shores this year...
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TOKYO: A powerful typhoon was poised to strike the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu today, threatening large areas of the country with strong winds and heavy rain.
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Quang Tri, Nov. 27 (VNA)- Six days of continual rain beginning Monday has caused floods in most of central provinces, claiming the lives of 29 people, injuring four others and causing one to be reported missing.
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A POWERFUL typhoon struck southern Japan today, unleashing a downpour, strong winds and high tides that left thousands without power, forced hundreds to flee their homes and disrupted air and sea transport links.
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TOKYO - It is typhoon season in East Asia. The fourth to hit in less than a month lashed southern Japan yesterday, unleashing torrential rain, strong winds and high tides that left thousands without power, forced
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Typhoon Xangsane has barreled into central Vietnam, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee and cutting electricity and many telephone lines after killing scores of people in the Philippines.
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A powerful typhoon may directly hit Kyushu on Wednesday morning, bringing heavy rains, strong winds and high waves to the region, the Meteorological Agency said Tuesday.
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An approaching typhoon brought strong  winds and heavy rains to Taiwan on Tuesday, disrupting air and  sea traffic and forcing financial markets, schools and  businesses in Taipei and nearby counties to close.