Typhoon Usagi struck the northern Philippines on Thursday afternoon, the fifth powerful storm to impact the country in three weeks, with the system set to swing north and move toward Taiwan.

Taiwan authorities issued warnings on Saturday for a mid-strength typhoon packing wind gusts as strong as 191 kph (119 mph) and shaping up as the island's most severe storm of the year.

Super Typhoon Meranti is barreling down on Taiwan, bringing wind speeds of up to 230 miles per hour (370 kph), faster than a Formula One race car, and torrential rains.

Ahead of the powerful storm, local authorities ordered offices and schools to temporarily close, while Taiwan suspended trading on its stock market. Taiwan generally has a strong track record of ...

Tropical Cyclone Kong-Rey has intensified into a typhoon and is threatening to bring strong winds and torrential rain to the northern Philippines, before tracking toward Taiwan and making landfall.

However, Taiwan has experienced severe effects from storms that came close to landfall during the last week of the month: Typhoon Xangsane on Oct. 31, 2000, and Typhoon Nock-Ten on Oct. 24, 2004.

(CNN) — Authorities in Taiwan are warning residents along its eastern coast to brace for the impacts Super Typhoon Kong-rey, which has rapidly intensified as it barrels towards the island after ...

Typhoon Kong-rey packed winds approaching 200 kilometers per hour (125 mph), equivalent to a Category 3 Atlantic hurricane, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), as it made ...

Super Typhoon Kong-rey edges towards Taiwan, could sweep ‘almost the whole’ island By CNN Newsource Published October 29, 2024 8:05 pm By Kathleen Magramo and Eric Cheung, CNN ...

Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Heavy rains and high winds lashed Taiwan on Thursday as Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall along its southeast coast, the largest storm to hit the island in nearly three decades.

By Kathleen Magramo and Eric Cheung, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Taiwan are warning residents along its eastern coast to brace for the impacts Super Typhoon Kong-rey, which has rapidly ...

Super Typhoon Kong-rey edges towards Taiwan, could sweep ‘almost the whole’ island By CNN Newssource October 29, 2024 9:05 PM Published October 29, 2024 11:47 PM ...