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Typhoon Hagibis intensifies as it nears Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 07:20 AM

MANILA—Typhoon Hagibis (international name) intensified further as it moved closer to the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) Tuesday, state weather bureau PAGASA said. Read more »

Storm Barry now a hurricane ahead of landfall in US

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 14 12:09 AM

Barry strengthened into a hurricane Saturday as it dumped rain and unleashed strong winds on the Louisiana coast, the National Hurricane Center said. Read more »

Braced for Barry: New Orleans girds for 'extreme' storm

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 12 08:15 PM

Tropical Storm Barry gathered strength Friday as it chugged toward water-logged New Orleans, which girded for conditions that pose a threat reminiscent of 2005's Hurricane Katrina.    Read more »

Cyclone Fani fallout blows tents off Everest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 03 10:41 PM

About 20 tents at Everest's Camp 2, at 6,400 meters (21,000 feet), were affected.   Read more »

Cyclone slams Indian temple town after a million people flee east coast homes

Jatindra Dash, Reuters
Posted at May 03 05:17 PM

Howling winds gusting up to 200 kph whipsawed trees, uprooting scores, and driving rain impacted visibility, while streets were deserted in the state capital Bhubaneswar and Puri. Read more »

Towns evacuate, tourists flee as cyclone churns toward Indian northeast coast

Jatindra Dash and Devjyot Ghoshal, Reuters
Posted at May 02 07:14 PM

About 800,000 people are expected to be evacuated from low-lying areas of the eastern state of Odisha to cyclone shelters, schools and other buildings. Read more »

Floods, blackouts after Thai storm, but tourist islands spared

Lillian Suwanrumpha and Sippachai Kunnuwong, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 05 05:13 PM

Tropical Storm Pabuk left nearly 30,000 people in evacuation shelters across southern Thailand Saturday, as tourists stranded on islands further north were spared the worst. Read more »

Tourists hunker down as storm Pabuk dumps heavy rains on Thailand

Lillian Suwanrumpha and Sippachai Kunnuwong, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 04 11:43 PM

Boats were recalled to shore across the Gulf of Thailand, while three key southern airports were shut until Saturday. Read more »

Winter storms batter large swaths of US

Nova Safo, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 29 09:16 PM

More than 500 flight cancelations were reported Friday as the winter storm blanketed areas from the north central plains and the Midwest with eight to 12 inches of snow. Read more »