Commentary / Japan Sep 19, 2018
Climate change: A race against time
by Yumiko Murakami
Utilizing Japan's superior technology and expertise in clean energy, we must step up to take a lead in the global fight to save the Earth.
NEWSWORTHY
Asia Pacific Sep 16, 2018
Typhoon Mangkhut lashes southern China after earlier killing 36 in Philippines
Typhoon Mangkhut barreled into southern China on Sunday after lashing the northern Philippines with strong winds and heavy rain that left at least 36 people dead and dozens more feared buried in a landslide. More than 2.4 million people had been relocated in southern China's ...
World Sep 16, 2018
Experts explain why deadly storms Florence, Mangkhut are as different as water and wind
Nature expresses its fury in sundry ways. Two deadly storms — Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut — roared ashore on the same day, half a world apart, but the way they spread devastation was as different as water and wind. Storms in the Western Pacific ...
World Sep 16, 2018
Floodwaters rise, leaving at least 11 dead as Tropical Storm Florence dumps epic rain on Carolinas
As the death toll from Florence mounted and hundreds of people were pulled from flooded homes, North Carolina is bracing for what could be the next stage of a still-unfolding disaster: widespread, catastrophic river flooding. After blowing ashore as a hurricane with winds of 90 ...
Asia Pacific Sep 15, 2018
Ferocious Typhoon Mangkhut knocks out power as it plows through northeast Philippines
Typhoon Mangkhut slammed into the Philippines' northeastern coast early Saturday, its ferocious winds and blinding rain ripping off tin roof sheets and knocking out power, and plowed through the agricultural region at the start of the onslaught. The typhoon made landfall before dawn in the ...
World Sep 14, 2018
Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina early Friday, pushing a life-threatening storm surge of floodwater miles inland and ripping apart buildings with screaming wind and pelting rain. More than 60 people had to be pulled from a collapsing motel at the height of the ...
Asia Pacific Sep 14, 2018
The Philippines raised its storm warning on Friday and warned of major destruction hours before Typhoon Mangkhut was due to make landfall with fierce winds and drenching rains. Thousands have already fled their homes on the Philippines' northern coastal tip ahead of the early Saturday ...
World Sep 13, 2018
Hurricane Florence closes in U.S. east coast; historic rain forecast
Hurricane Florence was on course Wednesday to deliver a devastating blow to the east coast of the United States, with millions urged to flee inland hours before it was due to announce its arrival with torrential downpours. Georgia joined four other coastal states issuing an ...
World Sep 13, 2018
Typhoon Mangkhut, strongest this year, closes in on north Philippines
The most powerful typhoon of the season is closing in on the northern Philippines, where officials ordered precautionary evacuations and closures of schools and offices and urged farmers to quickly harvest their crops to reduce damage. Forecasters said Typhoon Mangkhut, considered as the strongest this ...
Commentary / World Sep 12, 2018
Climate, hurricanes and the hazards of connecting dots
by Faye Flam
Asia Pacific Sep 11, 2018
A supertyphoon is intensifying in the Pacific and is forecast to barrel through the Philippines and Taiwan this week before heading to Hong Kong and south China. Mangkhut, classified by the Hong Kong Observatory as a supertyphoon, is forecast to pack maximum winds of 230 ...