Typhoon Haiyan

• Super Typhoon Haima making landfall in Philippines

  Aid agencies were on standby on Wednesday to respond to the strongest typhoon to threaten the Philippines in three years, which was due to make landfall later in the day with widespread damage expected.

  Weather

  Oct 19, 2016
  
• Hurricane Patricia: How strong is the ‘potentially catastrophic’ storm?

  Hurricane Patricia is racing towards southwestern Mexico and the monster storm has been called the strongest tropical cyclone on record, according to the U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization.

  Weather

  Oct 23, 2015
  
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• Villagers flee as super typhoon approaches central Philippines

  Villagers fled coastal homes and sparked panic-buying in grocery stores and gas stations in the central Philippines on Thursday as an approaching powerful storm brought back nightmares of last year's deadly onslaught from Typhoon Haiyan.

  World

  Dec 4, 2014
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• 11 powerful and moving photos of the week

  A look at some of the week's most captivating and powerful photos.

  World

  Nov 14, 2014
• Remembering Haiyan, hundreds of thousands flee from Philippine storm

  With last year's Super Typhoon Haiyan still fresh in people's minds, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos fled threatened areas Tuesday in advance of Typhoon Rammasun.

  Weather

  Jul 15, 2014
• Strong typhoon threatens north Philippines, Japan

  A strong typhoon was blowing over the Pacific Ocean in the northeastern Philippines on Sunday and may induce heavy rains, but is too far off to hit land, officials said.

  Weather

  Jul 6, 2014
• Scholarship awarded to woman who lost family in Typhoon Haiyan

  When local Filipino woman Nenita Yap, 44, heard the news of Typhoon Haiyan, she prayed for her family members there.

  Jun 30, 2014
• Cost of natural disasters has quadrupled over past 30 years: EU official

  The average annual cost of natural disasters has quadrupled over the last three decades, and it makes economic sense to boost spending on preparedness, a European official said Thursday.

  Environment

  Jun 5, 2014
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• Winners in the 2013 World Press Photo awards unveiled

  American photographer John Stanmeyer won the World Press Photo of the Year award for 2013 on Friday with a moonlit shot of African migrants in Djibouti holding their cellphones to the sky, seeking a better reception signal.

  World

  Feb 14, 2014
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• WATCH: Soccer star David Beckham visits Typhoon-hit Tacloban

  The typhoon-ravaged Tacloban area of Philippines had a surprise visitor when soccer icon David Beckham arrived in a UNICEF plane on Thursday.

  World

  Feb 13, 2014