Typhoon Noul hits southern China as more than 700,000 evacuate, flights canceled
Typhoon Noul is battering southern China and Hong Kong with winds and heavy rain.
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Typhoon Noul is battering southern China and Hong Kong with winds and heavy rain.
Typhoon Bavi weakened Sunday to a tropical storm but was still bringing strong winds and heavy rain to parts of China.
Bavi, a massive cyclone approaching the Mariana Islands east of the Philippines, was forecast to strike Rota early Monday morning local time.
Six people were aboard the 145-foot ship, called the Mariana. Divers recovered one crew member's body from the overturned ship.
Typhoon Sinlaku came ashore on a chain of remote U.S. island territories in the Western Pacific, which includes Guam, on Tuesday. It was a super typhoon at the time.
Typhoon Sinlaku moved through the Pacific Ocean near the Mariana Islands on Tuesday and into Wednesday, bringing flooding and "extremely dangerous hurricane winds," according to the National Weather Service. These videos show the conditions on the ground.
Super Typhoon Sinlaku is expected to cross the island chain that includes Guam in the western Pacific Ocean with winds of up to 175 mph.
"The ship's structure suggests that it was capable of long-distance voyages, likely used for maritime trade or naval operations," officials said.
Slamming into the Philippines as a super typhoon, Fung-wong brought floods, landslides, power outages, killed at least six people and displaced more than 1.4 million.
The biggest typhoon to threaten the Philippines in years, Fung-wong could cover two-thirds of the archipelago with its 1,118-mile-wide rain and wind band, forecasters said.
Typhoon Kalmaegi battered the Philippines, killing scores of people before moving on to Vietnam, and there's another potential monster storm brewing at sea.
Typhoon Halong's remnant storms pulled homes from their foundations when they struck western Alaska earlier this month.
More rain and wind were forecast Wednesday for the Alaskan coast where two tiny villages were decimated by Typhoon Halong's remnants. Officials scrambled to find shelter for more than 1,500 people.
Typhoon Ragasa, one of the strongest storms to hit Asia in years, continues to move across southern China. CBS News' Anna Coren gives a look at the damage and the cleanup process.
Densely populated Hong Kong is being slammed by its most powerful storm in years, with Super Typhoon Ragasa packing hurricane-force winds and a dangerous storm surge.
After furiously barreling across the South China Sea, Super Typhoon Ragasa slammed into Hong Kong, bringing hurricane force winds, torrential rain and a storm surge that's left a trail of destruction. Anna Coren reports.
Super Typhoon Ragasa pummeled southern China. It already left a trail of destruction in Taiwan, killing at least 17 people there and another 10 in the Philippines. CBS News Anna Coren reports.
Southern China and Hong Kong are bracing for Super Typhoon Ragasa as authorities evacuate hundreds of thousands of people. CBS News' Anna Coren has more details.
One police officer dead and two officers wounded in Dallas shooting overnight; Powerful storm hits southern Japan with heavy rain and strong winds.
Officials in China moved some 414,000 people out of the way in Shanghai before the strongest storm in decades flooded roads and cancelled flights.
At least 197 people have been killed by Typhoon Yagi's inundations in Vietnam alone, as a vast swath of Southeast Asia reels from flooding and landslides.
Officials in Vietnam have blamed at least 59 deaths on Typhoon Yagi, which has also crippled business in the country's industrial heartland.
The typhoon was described by Vietnamese meteorological authorities as "one of the most powerful typhoons in the region over the past decade."
The typhoon that blasted southern Japan Thursday is now dumping massive amounts of rain on Tokyo. The storm is blamed for at least four deaths with two other people missing and dozens more hurt. TBS TV reporter Hiroshi Sukagawa joined CBS News with a report.
It's no longer a typhoon, but tropical storm Shanshan is still hitting Japan with torrential rain and high winds, and it's going to take its time.