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More tropical cyclones than usual forecast for east Asia by September

Kanupriya Kapoor, Reuters
Posted at Jun 04 07:05 PM

SINGAPORE - Half of the roughly 20 tropical cyclones expected to form in the western Pacific Ocean through September this year are predicted to hit land in east Asian nations, forecasters said on Friday, making for a season that is busier than usual. Read more »

Signal No. 2 up in Samar provinces, as Dante moves toward Eastern Visayas

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Updated as of Jun 01 11:06 AM

Tropical storm Dante maintained its strength as it continued to move towards Eastern Visayas, the state weather bureau said Tuesday. Read more »

More areas under storm signals as 'Dante' maintains strength

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 01 12:23 AM

More areas were placed under tropical cyclone wind signals as tropical storm Dante (international name: Choi-wan) maintained its strength, the state weather bureau said late Monday. Read more »

Storm signal raised over parts of Northern, Eastern Samar as Dante maintains strength

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 01 12:56 AM

Tropical cyclone wind signals were raised in portions of Northern and Eastern Samar by the state weather bureau on Monday due to tropical storm Dante, which is projected to intensify further. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 27, 2021

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Posted at May 28 12:20 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Another cyclone hits India

Rupak De Chowdhuri, Reuters
Posted at May 27 05:34 PM

People use their mobile phones to take pictures of waves breaking at a beachfront following Cyclone Yaas in Digha, Purba Medinipur district in the eastern state of West Bengal, India on Thursday. Read more »

Latest Indian cyclone kills 5, thousands homeless

Dibyangshu Sarkar, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 27 01:34 PM

Thousands of people were homeless Thursday after the latest cyclone to hit COVID-ravaged India left a trail of destruction, although timely evacuations meant the death toll was limited to single figures. Read more »

Cyclone batters eastern India, 1.2 million seek shelter

Dibyangshu Sarkar, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 26 01:40 PM

Heavy rains and howling winds lashed eastern India on Wednesday as the COVID-stricken country's second cyclone in as many weeks battered the coast, forcing more than 1.2 million people to seek shelter.   Read more »

Mass evacuations as second cyclone in a week forms off India

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 24 09:21 PM

Indian authorities on Monday ordered the evacuation of nearly half a million people out of the path of a new cyclone heading towards eastern India just one week after another deadly storm smashed into the west coast. Read more »

New India cyclone warning raised as death toll rises

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 20 09:34 PM

A major new storm was brewing in the Bay of Bengal off India's east coast on Thursday, forecasters warned just days after the biggest cyclone to hit the west of the country in decades left at least 120 people confirmed dead. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 19, 2021

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Posted at May 20 12:14 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Indian rescuers hunt 51 missing after cyclone sinks barge off west coast

Summit Khanna and Aishwarya Nair, Reuters
Posted at May 19 08:33 PM

AHMEDABAD/MUMBAI - Naval vessels and aircraft scoured the waters off India's west coast on Wednesday after the most powerful cyclone in more than two decades battered the region, sinking a barge and killing 22 aboard, authorities said. Read more »

Back on dry land

Francis Mascarenhas, Reuters
Posted at May 19 06:13 PM

A man who was stranded at sea aboard Barge P305 due to Cyclone Tauktae looks out of a bus window after he was rescued by the Indian Navy aboard the Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kochi, at Naval Dockyard, in Mumbai, India on Wednesday Read more »

Indian navy searches for 77 missing from barge sunk by cyclone

Reuters
Posted at May 19 03:23 PM

Indian navy ships and aircraft scoured waters off the financial capital Mumbai on Wednesday for 77 workers missing from a barge that sank after a powerful cyclone barreled into the country's west coast this week. Read more »

India's COVID-19 tally passes 25 million

Reuters
Posted at May 18 04:24 PM

India's total COVID-19 caseload surged past 25 million on Tuesday as a powerful cyclone complicated the health crisis in one of the states where the disease is spreading most quickly. Read more »

127 missing after vessel sinks in India cyclone: navy

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 18 02:12 PM

Some 127 people were missing Tuesday after a vessel adrift off Mumbai's coast sank during Cyclone Tauktae, the Indian navy said as 2 ships and helicopters were deployed to assist in the search. Read more »

Monster cyclone heads for COVID-stricken India

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 17 07:26 PM

AHMEDABAD, India - A major cyclone packing ferocious winds and threatening a destructive storm surge bore down on India on Monday, disrupting the country's response to its devastating Covid-19 outbreak. Read more »

PAGASA: Severe Tropical Storm Bising enters PH area of responsibility

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Updated as of Apr 16 12:09 PM

Severe tropical storm Surigae being monitored the past few days has entered the Philippine area of responsibility, the PAGASA said Friday.  Read more »

Storm Surigae gathers strength, as it nears the Philippines

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Updated as of Apr 16 06:52 AM

Severe Tropical Storm Surigae picked up strength early Friday ahead of its entry into the Philippine area of responsibility, PAGASA said. Read more »

Death toll from flash floods in Indonesia rises to 128 with 72 missing

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 06 07:14 PM

Extreme weather triggered by a tropical cyclone could potentially threaten eastern Indonesia over the next few days while the death toll from related flash flooding has risen to 128, the country's disaster agency said Tuesday. Read more »