Tag Archives: Typhoon

MNA International Desk: Typhoon Mangkhut slammed into mainland China late Sunday after leaving a trail of destruction in Hong Kong and Macau and killing at least 59 people in the northern Philippines, reported news agency. The world’s biggest storm this year felled trees and sent skyscrapers swaying in high-rise Hong Kong, injuring more than 200 people there before making landfall on the coast of Jiangmen city, in southern China’s Guangdong province. Provincial authorities said they evacuated a total of 2.37 million people and ordered tens of thousands of fishing boats back to port before the arrival of what Chinese media ...

MNA International Desk: At least 25 people were killed as devastating Typhoon Mangkhut hit the Philippines, mostly the in mountainous areas, reported news agency. Landslides in the Cordillera region on the main island of Luzon left 20 people dead and four in nearby Nueva Vizcaya province, a presidential adviser said on Sunday. Another death resulted from a treefall in the province of Ilocos Sur, Francis Tolentino said by telephone. The tally reflected the situation at 9 a.m., said Tolentino, the main disaster response coordinator and an adviser to President Rodrigo Duterte, adding that reports from other areas of northern Luzon, ...

MNA International Desk: At least 16 people were killed and many are still missing after one of the strongest typhoons on record barrelled into the southern Chinese territory of Macau, reported news agency. Macau’s government broadcaster TDM said Typhoon Hato, a maximum category 10 storm, was the strongest since 1968. Hato on Wednesday battered the financial hub of Hong Kong, uprooting trees, flooding streets, forcing hundreds of airline flights to be cancelled and halting financial trading. There were reports of 34 people injured in Hong Kong, which had not been hit by a category 10 typhoon for five years. Winds ...