Typhoon Noul is bringing winds and heavy rain to southern China, including Hong Kong, over the weekend, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people in the province of Guangdong with the region on high alert and at least dozens of flights canceled. Hong Kong’s Observatory said Noul, which had intensified with maximum sustained … Read more
Typhoon Bavi weakened Sunday to a tropical storm hours after making landfall in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, but was still bringing days of strong winds and heavy rain to parts of China. Its intensity continued to weaken as it moved northwestward across eastern China into the province of Anhui, according to China’s national weather center. Strong … Read more
Residents of Guam and surrounding U.S. island territories in the western Pacific were urged to take shelter as Super Typhoon Bavi was expected to make landfall early Monday, threatening an area still recovering from another destructive storm earlier this year. Bavi, a massive cyclone approaching the Mariana Islands east of the Philippines, was forecast to … Read more
Residents of Guam and surrounding U.S. island territories in the western Pacific were urged to take shelter as Super Typhoon Bavi was expected to make landfall early Monday, threatening an area still recovering from another destructive storm earlier this year. Bavi, a massive cyclone approaching the Mariana Islands east of the Philippines, was forecast to strike Rota … Read more
HONOLULU — Residents of U.S. territories in the western Pacific were bracing Friday for a possible super typhoon, just months after the region was hit by the strongest tropical cyclone on Earth this year. Power still hasn’t been fully restored in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands after that super typhoon, Sinlaku, brought … Read more
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands — The search has been suspended for five missing crew members of a cargo ship that overturned near the Northern Mariana Islands during a typhoon, authorities said Wednesday. Six people were aboard the 145-foot (44-meter) ship, called the Mariana. Divers on April 21 recovered one crew member’s body from the overturned … Read more
The search has been suspended for five missing crew members of a U.S.-flagged cargo ship that overturned near the Northern Mariana Islands during a typhoon, authorities said Wednesday. Six people were aboard the 145-foot ship, called the Mariana. Divers on April 21 recovered one crew member’s body from the overturned ship. “We are deeply saddened … Read more
Dramatic video and photos show members of the U.S. Air Force and Coast Guard searching for the missing crew of a U.S.-flagged cargo ship that overturned after an engine failure during a typhoon in the Pacific Ocean. The Coast Guard shared video of Air Force pararescuemen leaping from a C-130 Hercules airplane to meet the crew … Read more
Authorities have found the body of one of the six missing crew members from a U.S.-flagged cargo ship that overturned near the Northern Mariana Islands during a typhoon. U.S. Air Force divers “used an underwater remotely operated drone to search the interior of the vessel” and recovered the body Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard said … Read more
HAGATNA, Guam — Authorities have found the body of one of the six missing crew members from a cargo ship that overturned near the Northern Mariana Islands during a typhoon. U.S. Air Force divers “used an underwater remotely operated drone to search the interior of the vessel” and recovered the body Tuesday, the U.S. Coast … Read more