Typhoon Haishen made landfall just north of the South Korean city of Busan on Monday morning, cutting power to homes and factories, toppling trees, and forcing trains to be cancelled and flights grounded. The storm, with heavy rain and powerful winds of as much as 126 km/h (78 mph), made landfall in Ulsan in the southeastern part of the Korean Peninsula at approximately 9am (02:00 GMT) on Monday morning, according […]
A strong typhoon roared towards the eastern Philippines on Thursday as authorities worked to evacuate tens of thousands of people while avoiding overcrowding in shelters that could risk coronavirus. The first typhoon to hit the country this year is expected to make landfall later on Thursday, weather agency administrator Vicente Malano said. The Philippines was bracing for the typhoon while trying to fight the COVID-19 outbreak largely by locking Filipinos […]
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