TOKYO—A powerful typhoon slammed ashore in southern Japan on Sunday as it pounded the region with strong winds and heavy rain, causing blackouts, paralyzing ground and air transportation and prompting the evacuation of thousands of people. The Japan Meteorological Agency said Typhoon Nanmadol was heading north after making landfall in Kagoshima city on Japan’s southern…

TOKYO—The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a special typhoon warning on Saturday for Kagoshima prefecture on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s main islands, as the region braces for a powerful and potentially destructive super typhoon. The warning came after the weather agency earlier in the day urged residents to evacuate parts of the Kyushu, ahead of…

Chinese Leader Xi Jinping encountered stormy weather during his latest visit to Hong Kong. However, he is not the only one. All previous leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had suffered violent storms during their visits to Hong Kong. Tropical Storm on Xi’s Visit Xi Jinping visited Hong Kong on June 30 and July…

SHANGHAI—China’s first typhoon of the year brought gales and rain to its southern shores on Saturday, as forecasters warned of record rainfall and high disaster risk in provinces including Guangdong, the country’s most populous. Typhoon Chaba, the Thai name for the hibiscus flower, was moving northwest at 15 to 20 kilometers (10 to 15 miles)…

Britain’s armed forces may lack the “modern battle-winning capabilities” they need to meet the demands of future warfare, a Parliamentary committee has warned. In its latest report published on May 11, the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons said the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) equipment plan faces “serious questions” in view of…

MANILA—The Philippine military pledged on Thursday to keep up search and rescue efforts after tropical storm Megi ripped through central areas this week, burying many under landslides and killing at least 123 people. Megi was the first cyclone this year to hit the Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,600 islands that sees an average…

Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) scrambled its Typhoon jets on Wednesday to respond to four Russian military aircraft approaching UK airspace, the RAF has confirmed. The jets were launched from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland and were joined by a Voyager air-to-air refuelling tanker from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. The incident took place less than…

MANILA—The Philippine death toll from Typhoon Rai has crossed the 400 mark, the disaster agency said on Friday, as officials in some hard-hit provinces appealed for more supplies of food, water, and shelter materials about two weeks after the storm struck. Rai was the 15th and deadliest typhoon to hit the Southeast Asian nation this…

MANILA—Philippine officials and residents of areas that bore the brunt of Typhoon Rai pleaded for food, water, and shelter on Tuesday as damaged roads, flooding, and severed power and communication lines hampered relief efforts. Rai struck last Thursday, the strongest typhoon to hit the archipelago this year, killing nearly 400 people and affecting 1.8 million,…

MANILA, Philippines—The death toll from the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year climbed to 375, with more than 50 others still missing and several central provinces struggling with downed communications and power outages and pleading for food and water, officials said Monday. At its strongest, Typhoon Rai packed sustained winds of 195 kilometers…