typhoon

Climate Disasters in 2019 Cost Billions, Report Finds

Climate Disasters in 2019 Cost Billions, Report Finds

Climate change is getting costlier and deadlier. A new report from British charity Christian Aid found that 15 of the world’s largest natural disasters in 2019 — including wildfires, hurricanes, typhoons and more — had links to a warming world. All 15 of those disasters cost more than $1 billion in damages, and seven of […]

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    Climate Disasters in 2019 Cost Billions, Report Finds

    Climate Disasters in 2019 Cost Billions, Report Finds

    Climate change is getting costlier and deadlier. A new report from British charity Christian Aid found that 15 of the world’s largest natural disasters in 2019 — including wildfires, hurricanes, typhoons and more — had links to a warming world. All 15 of those disasters cost more than $1 billion in damages, and seven of […]

    Category 5 Super Typhoon Hagibis on Target for Japan

    Category 5 Super Typhoon Hagibis on Target for Japan

    Japan has suffered a brutal stretch this summer — deadly heat waves and downpours and a typhoon that blew through Tokyo leaving travelers stranded. Now the worst seems to approaching this weekend as a super typhoon is on track to batter the country’s main island on Saturday, potentially causing grave damage, as the New York […]

    Tokyo’s Typhoon Faxai: 3 Dead, 40 Injured, 900K Homes Without Power

    Tokyo’s Typhoon Faxai: 3 Dead, 40 Injured, 900K Homes Without Power

    Nearly one million homes were without power, three people were killed, nearly 40 were injured, while thousands of people were stranded at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport after a powerful typhoon made landfall near the Japanese capital earlier today, as Kyodo News reported. Typhoon Faxai made landfall with sustained winds near 130 miles per hour, according […]

    Powerful Typhoon Hits Japan After Summer of Killer Heat and Floods

    Powerful Typhoon Hits Japan After Summer of Killer Heat and Floods

    A powerful typhoon made landfall in western Japan on Tuesday, bringing heavy rain and violent winds up to 135 miles per hour, reports say. Typhoon Jebi, which translates to “swallow” in Korean, is classed as a “very strong” typhoon, the weather agency’s chief forecaster Ryuta Kurora told AFP. “This is (the strongest) since 1993.” Jebi […]