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Pope Francis sends aid, personal gift to kin of Pinoy crew in capsized cargo ship

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 11:52 AM

Pope Francis has sent a donation to the crew of the cargo ship that capsized off Japan last month, among them 39 Filipinos, according to a report by Vatican News. Read more »

Japanese envoy in Manila says search still on for crew of sunken ship off Japan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 09:35 PM

Search and rescue operations for the crew, which include Filipinos, of a cargo ship that sank last week off Japan due to a typhoon are continuing, the Japanese envoy in Manila said Thursday, contrary to an advisory earlier in the day by the Philippine foreign affairs department. Read more »

Typhoon hits South Korea after sparking landslides in Japan

Sunghee Hwang and Charly Triballeau, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 07 02:57 PM

A powerful typhoon lashed South Korea on Monday after smashing into southern Japan with record winds and heavy rains that left four people missing in a landslide. Read more »

North Korea punishes officials after typhoon casualties

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 05 10:48 PM

The casualties were reported in the country's eastern port city of Wonsan and Kangwon Province, with the officials being blamed for failing to identify buildings at risk in the event of disasters. Read more »

Typhoon hampers search for ship survivors near Japan; dozens, including Filipinos, still missing

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 05 03:02 PM

Japanese authorities on Saturday resumed searching for dozens of missing sailors from a cargo ship that sank in a typhoon, but high waves caused by an approaching storm prevented boats from joining the operation.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 4, 2020

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Updated as of Sep 01 05:59 PM

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

LOOK: Japan Coast Guard rescues seafarer from missing freighter

10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters via AFP
Updated as of Sep 04 10:38 PM

This handout picture taken and provided on Friday by Japan's 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters shows a man waving from a life raft, about 2 km north-northwest of Kodakarajima island of Kagoshima prefecture. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 3, 2020

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Updated as of Sep 01 05:59 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Typhoon injures 18 in Japan before moving to Korean Peninsula

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 03 06:54 PM

At least 18 people have been injured on Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu as powerful Typhoon Maysak passed near the region before moving to the Korean Peninsula on Thursday. Read more »

Typhoon Maysak causes flooding in South Korea

YONHAP, AFP
Posted at Sep 03 03:45 PM

A man wades through a flooded street after Typhoon Maysak hit the eastern port city of Gangneung, South Korea on Thursday. Read more »

Typhoon Maysak drenches North and South Korea

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 03 02:33 PM

BUSAN - At least one person was killed and more than 2,000 people evacuated to temporary shelters in South Korea as a powerful typhoon churned across the peninsula, authorities said Thursday. Read more »

Weather disturbances threaten South Korea and Japan

NASA via AP
Updated as of Sep 03 09:30 AM

A satellite image released by NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS)  on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, shows Typhoon Maysak over South Korea, hidden behind the white circle at upper left, as another tropical storm, Haishen, lower center right, sweeps northward and is projected to slam Japan's southern main islands of Kyushu and Shikoku, as well as the southwestern tip of Honshu by this weekend. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 2, 2020

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Updated as of Sep 01 05:59 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

South Korea braces for typhoon Maysak

Ed Jones, AFP
Posted at Sep 02 10:17 PM

A face mask sculpture is displayed as people watch the swells brought by the approaching typhoon Maysak on Haeundae beach in Busan on Wednesday. Read more »

Japan on alert as 2 powerful typhoons approach

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 02 08:25 PM

Eight people in Okinawa have so far been slightly injured as the typhoon brought about strong gusts of wind. Read more »

Two Koreas on high alert as typhoon approaches peninsula

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 02 01:33 PM

Flights were grounded in South Korea and storm warnings issued on both sides of the Korean peninsula as a typhoon forecast to be one of the most powerful in years made its approach Wednesday.   Read more »