Typhoon Tokage - "lizard" in Japanese - was the record 10th to hit Japan this year. Normally, about three make landfall during the typhoon season that usually ends in late October. Many people ...

The Government of Japan has announced a $2 million contribution to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the ...

In Japan, dozens of people were injured and more than one thousand flights cancelled when a powerful typhoon made a landfall in the country on Sunday evening. The typhoon brought fierce winds and ...

15, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is ... The agency said the typhoon will still be very strong when it hits on Aug. 15. It projected heavy rainfall over mainly Pacific coastal areas from ...

While observational flights have improved forecasts for many storms in the Americas, such flights have been far fewer for storms that have hit Asia.

Taiwan closed schools and offices and evacuated hundreds from vulnerable areas around the island Tuesday ahead of a strong ...

The world’s largest ever storm hit exactly 45 years ago, when Typhoon Tip churned above the Pacific. Measuring 1,380 miles in ...

Japan needs to improve flood defences and early-warning systems to give residents more time to evacuate when danger threatens ...

The country's southern island prefecture of Okinawa, meanwhile, has been warned of strong winds and high waves as Typhoon Krathon, the season's 18th, is forecast to hit between Wednesday and Thursday, ...

Typhoon No. 14, one of the most powerful storms to hit Japan, was near Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, at 9 a.m. and moving around 15 kph. A wide area of Kyushu, one of Japan’s main islands ...