Keelung (Taiwan) (AFP) – Typhoon Kong-rey slammed into Taiwan on Thursday as one of the biggest storms to hit the island in decades, whipping up 10-metre waves, triggering floods and claiming at ...

Super Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall in Taiwan on Thursday as one of the most powerful storms to hit the island in years, whipping up 10-metre waves and forcing thousands of people to flee their ...

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — The largest typhoon to hit Taiwan in 30 years made landfall in the country’s southeast on Thursday, bringing heavy rain and power cuts and prompting mass evacuations.

Taiwan prepared to resume stock trading as Typhoon Kong-Rey passed, though dangerous winds and heavy rains linger, with Shanghai bracing for the heaviest November rain burst since 1981. Workplaces ...

MANILA, Philippines — Leon (international name: Kong-Rey), which reached the super typhoon category, has weakened into a typhoon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical ...

Batanes is now under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 3 as Tropical Cyclone Leon was downgraded into a typhoon late Thursday morning, state weather bureau PAGASA said. In its 11 a.m. bulletin, ...

A person has died as high winds and flooding as a powerful typhoon battered Taiwan with thousands evacuated and the capital Taipei plunged into lockdown. Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall in Taiwan ...

BEIJING: China's financial hub Shanghai is bracing for potentially the worst rains in more than 40 years as Typhoon Kong-rey looks set to arrive from the south to sweep along the eastern coast ...

Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall on Taiwan's east coast with all cities and counties declaring a day off, financial markets closed and hundreds of flights cancelled. A 48-year-old motorcyclist was ...

This picture taken and released by Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA on Oct 31, 2024 shows a wave crashing over a sea wall as Typhoon Kong-rey neared the coast in Taitung. (Photo: STR/CNA/AFP ...

The maximum sustained winds of Super Typhoon Leon (Kong-rey) reached 195 km/h in the early hours of Thursday, October 31, which PAGASA says could already be its peak intensity MANILA, Philippines ...

Typhoon Kong-rey, the biggest typhoon to directly hit Taiwan in nearly 30 years, has made landfall on the island's eastern coast. Schools and workplaces across Taiwan were closed on Thursday and ...