Category Typhoon Alert

Super typhoon causes heavy damage in China

Super typhoon Dujuan has caused heavy losses in China’s coastal provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian, the media reported on Thursday.   Dujuan, the 21st typhoon of the year, made landfall in Fujian on Tuesday morning. It killed two people and…

Aftermath of Deadly Taiwan Typhoon

280,000 told to evacuate as typhoon hits Japan

The Japanese authorities advised 280,000 people to evacuate their homes as Typhoon Goni lashed southern Kyushu island and western Japan, bringing torrential rains and winds gusting at more than 180kmh.   The risk of landslides prompted officials in Yamaguchi prefecture…

Travel chaos as Typhoon Goni cancels 140 flights in Hong Kong and Shanghai

More than 140 flights were cancelled in Shanghai and Hong Kong as Typhoon Goni continued to pummel the northern Philippines while churning across the Pacific Ocean towards Japan and Korea on Monday.   As it moved northwards at 22km/h, with…

Typhoon Goni batters Japan with record 159 mile-per-hour winds

After dumping deadly rains in the northern Philippines, Typhoon Goni strengthened on Sunday, bringing a record-shattering wind gust to the Japanese island of Ishigakijima.   According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the wind on Ishigakijima Island reached a maximum gust…

Typhoon Goni Hammering Japan’s Ryukyu Islands; Deadly Impacts in the Philippines

Infrared Satellite: Goni Typhoon Goni was pounding Japan’s southern Ryukyu Islands as of Sunday evening Japanese time (Sunday morning U.S. time). Wind have gusted up to 97 mph at the airport on Ishigakijima Island as of this writing. This island…