STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: How did it happen that flooding has devastated several parts of the world at once? Waters rose in West Africa and Eastern Europe and in China and in parts of the United States.

Typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, has left dozens dead since sweeping across southern China and Southeast Asia last week, leaving a trail of destruction with its intense ...

Typhoon Yagi swept across southeast Asia this week, with heavy rain triggering landslides and flash floods that have left hundreds of people dead. In Vietnam, the death toll climbed to more than ...

One of this year’s most powerful storms made landfall in northern Vietnam on Saturday, after killing at least four people and injuring dozens more in southern China, according to state media.

Typhoon Shanshan begins dumping rain on parts of Japan, leaving 1 dead and several injured High waves hit a coastal area in Ibusuki, Kagoshima prefecture, western Japan, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024 ...

Even before Typhoon Shanshan hit, precipitation pummelled large parts with three members of the same family killed in a landslide late Tuesday in Aichi prefecture around 600 miles from Kyushu.

The slow-moving typhoon, which approached Taiwan at a speed of about 4 kph (2.5 mph), doused eastern and southern parts of the island over the past five days, forcing thousands to evacuate from ...

School and work were suspended Thursday in parts of southern China as Typhoon Yagi closed in on an island province with the potential to be the most powerful storm to hit the area in a decade.

The people of southern Luzon expressed relief Sunday night, as Typhoon Hagupit, which they had feared might be a repeat of last year’s deadly supertyphoon, largely spared their region.