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☆ Thousands without power as typhoon Doksuri lashes Philippines
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MANILA, July 26 (Reuters) - Strong winds and rain lashed the northern Philippines as Typhoon Doksuri made landfall on Wednesday, causing rivers to overflow and leaving thousands without power. "We are being battered here," Manual Mamba, governor of northern Cagayan province told Reuters, adding that no casualties had been reported so far. Storm warnings are in place in many parts of the northern island of Luzon, which is home to about half of the Philippines' 110 million population. Categorised as a super typhoon on Tuesday, Doksuri had weakened slightly on Wednesday. It is expected to brush past Taiwan and make landfall in China's Fujian province on Friday, according to the Philippines weather bureau.

Persons: Doksuri, Karen Lema, Enrico dela Cruz, Kanupriya Kapoor Organizations: Reuters, Authorities, Thomson Locations: MANILA, Philippines, Taiwan, China, Cagayan province, Philippine, Luzon, China's Fujian

At least one person drowned in the province of Rizal in the wake of the typhoon, the national disaster agency said. But authorities issued land warnings for several counties and cities in southern Taiwan including the major port city of Kaohsiung. Railway services between eastern and southern Taiwan will be suspended from Wednesday evening. More than 300 people have been evacuated in southern and eastern Taiwan as a precaution as Doksuri was expected to bring up to 1 metre (3.3 feet) of rainfall there. A Level II emergency response implies an oncoming typhoon could severely affect the country, according to the state council's national emergency plan for flood control and drought relief.

Persons: Doksuri, Talim, Karen Lema, Bernard Orr, Yimou Lee, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Reuters, Weather Bureau, Railway, Meteorological Centre, South China Sea, Meteorological Administration, Guangzhou Daily, Central Meteorological Administration, Thomson Locations: MANILA, BEIJING, TAIPEI, Philippines, Taiwan, China, Cagayan province, Rizal, Philippine, Kaohsiung, South, Fujian, Guangdong, Manila, Beijing, Tapei, Shanghai

Taoyuan, Taiwan CNN —Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport became the scene of a simulated Chinese invasion on Wednesday for the first time ever as the island’s military conducted an anti-takeover drill to fend off any possible attack from Beijing. The drill was designed to test the Taiwanese military’s cross-branch coordination and emergency response capabilities during a simulated Chinese invasion, the Ministry of National Defense previously said. At Taoyuan on Wednesday, soldiers wearing red helmets to mark themselves as simulated infiltrators engaged in a shootout drill with airport police. As they approached an airport building, they exchanged fire along the way with the Taiwanese military defending the facility and those hiding in makeshift covers. Elsewhere, Taiwan’s military canceled some Han Kuang exercises as Typhoon Doksuri made landfall in the northern Philippines on Wednesday.

Persons: China’s, Moscow’s, Han, Han Kuang, Doksuri Organizations: Taiwan CNN — Taiwan’s, Airport, Ministry of National Defense, Communist Party, Firefighters, Taoyuan International, CNN, Weather Bureau, Taiwan’s Air Force Locations: Taoyuan, Taiwan, Taiwan CNN — Taiwan’s Taoyuan, Beijing, Taipei, Ukraine, Airports, Kyiv’s, Philippines, China, Fengnian

☆ Taiwan cancels military drills as typhoon approaches
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TAIPEI, July 25 (Reuters) - Taiwan cancelled parts of its annual military drills on Tuesday as authorities step up preparations for what they say could be the most damaging typhoon to hit the island in nearly four years. Typhoons are common at this time of year near Taiwan but the subtropical island has not been directly hit by a typhoon since 2019, prompting officials to urge vigilance. Taiwan's weather bureau has issued sea warnings and said it will issue land warnings for its southern counties later on Tuesday, urging residents there to prepare for heavy rains and strong winds. "I'd like to remind citizens not to underestimate the typhoon threats." Reporting by Yimou Lee; Editing by Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Doksuri, Han Kuang, Chen Chien, jen, Yimou Lee, Stephen Coates Organizations: Typhoons, Tropical, Facebook, Thomson Locations: TAIPEI, Taiwan, Philippines, China, Kaohsiung, Palau

☆ Typhoon Doksuri: Egay makes landfall in Philippines as country braces for impact
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A powerful typhoon made landfall in the northern Philippines early Wednesday, bringing the potentially deadly threat of tidal surges, flash floods and landslides to parts of the country’s main island, authorities said. Typhoon Doksuri, known as Egay in the Philippines, made landfall at 3:10 a.m. local time (3:10 p.m. Pagasa warned that violent and life-threatening conditions are expected in some areas of Luzon, the Philippines’ largest and most populous island, as torrential rains rains swept the country. Communities in the typhoon’s path are braced for the impact of expected winds of up to 200 kph (124 mph). Strong winds knock down a tree in the northern Cagayan provice in the Philippines on July 25, 2023.

Persons: Doksuri, Pasgasa, “, Cagayan Manuel Mamba Organizations: CNN, Pagasa, Typhoon, Authorities, Tuesday, CNN Philippines Taiwan, Weather Bureau, National Meteorological Center Locations: Philippines, Philippine, Luzon, Cagayan province, Cagayan, Cagayan provice, CNN Philippines, Taiwan, China, Fujian, Guangdong

☆ Cities brace for floods as heavier-than-usual storms drench China
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BEIJING, July 21 (Reuters) - Rescue services braced for flooding as heavier-than-expected summer storms rolled across China as forecast on Friday, drenching Beijing and other major cities. Historically, China enters its peak rainy season in late July, but extreme weather has made storms more intense and unpredictable, exposing heavily built-up megacities with poor drainage to sudden floods and waterlogging. In Beijing, authorities have deployed this week over 2,600 people to drain 87 pumping stations in advance and clear thousands of water drainage outlets along roads, municipal authorities said in a statement on Friday. In July 2021, extreme rain in the central Henan city of Zhengzhou killed nearly 400 people, including 14 who drowned in a submerged subway line. Reporting by Ryan Woo and Liz Lee in Beijing; Editing by Miral FahmyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: drenching, Ryan Woo, Liz Lee, Miral Organizations: Beijing Public Transport, Authorities, Xinhua, China Meteorological Administration, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, China, drenching Beijing, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Wuxi city, Gansu, Zhengzhou

☆ In this economy, the winner is weather apps
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Sirena Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Weather apps are tech's sleeper hit. The Guardian is rather boldly reporting that weather apps have become an "addiction." At best, weather apps "perform about as well as meteorologists, but some of the most popular ones fare much worse," Charlie Warzel recently wrote in The Atlantic. Still, there's a weather app for everyone: Sassy weather apps, irreverent weather apps, fashion-conscious weather apps, practical weather apps, and aesthetic weather apps. A weather app can use US government data (and many do, The Guardian reported) which is free to use for any purpose, according to the National Weather Service's website.

Persons: haven't, who's, it's, Eric Floehr, Charlie Warzel Organizations: Morning, Guardian, View Research Locations: monetization

☆ China logs 52.2 Celsius as extreme weather rewrites records
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The target of keeping long-term global warming within 1.5C is moving out of reach, climate experts say. Prolonged bouts of high temperatures in China have challenged power grids and crops, and concerns are mounting of a possible repeat of last year's drought, the most severe in 60 years. China is no stranger to dramatic swings in temperatures across the seasons but the swings are getting wider. Since then, the heaviest rains in a decade have hit central China, ravaging wheat fields in an area known as the country's granary. Reporting by Ryan Woo; Editing by Tom HogueOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: John Kerry, Xie Zhenhua, Ryan Woo, Tom Hogue Organizations: U.S, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, Sanbao, Xinjiang's Turpan, Xinjiang, Ayding, Asia, China, Mohe, Heilongjiang, United States, Beijing

☆ Beijing braces for blistering hot weather as heatwaves return
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BEIJING, June 22 (Reuters) - Beijing on Thursday issued its second-most severe warning for high temperatures that are expected to persist through the weekend as northern China battled another round of heatwaves in a week. The Chinese capital raised an orange alert, warning temperatures could rise as high as 39 Celsius (102 Fahrenheit) in most parts of the city from Thursday to Saturday. Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and Shandong in northern China were hammered by heatwaves last week, prompting local authorities to step up efforts to safeguard crops, ensure the safety of tourists, and suspend outdoor work during the hottest part of the day. China has a four-tier, colour-coded weather warning system, with red the most severe, followed by orange, yellow and blue. An orange alert is issued when the maximum temperature exceeds 40 Celsius in a single day, or the maximum temperature remains above 37 Celsius for two consecutive days.

Persons: Ryan Woo, Michael Perry Organizations: heatwaves, China Meteorological Administration, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, Beijing, China, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang

☆ Heavy 'dragon boat water' rains hit southwest China, some cities flooded
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BEIJING, June 9 (Reuters) - Non-stop heavy rains lashed parts of southwest China on Friday, triggering floods in cities, engulfing roads and partially submerging buildings. A particularly harsh first bout of summer rains known locally as "dragon boat water" saw the city of Beihai in Guangxi log 453 millimetres on Thursday. Rain is forecast to continue in southern China over the coming days while the northeast is also expected to be hit by sudden thunderstorms, the weather bureau reported. China, prone to floods, is increasingly warning of more extreme weather due to climate change. The central province of Henan, the granary of China, was recently struck by heavy rainfall that caused crops to sprout or be hit by blight, triggering concerns about food security.

Persons: Ella Cao, Ryan Woo, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: China Meteorological Administration, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, China, Beihai, Guangxi, Yulin, Henan

☆ Cold snap brings early snow, high wind to Australia's southeast
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Tania Heuning/via REUTERSSYDNEY, May 8 (Reuters) - Winter has come early to Australia with a cold front bringing high winds, snow and hail to the southeast in a cold snap the weather bureau says could last until the middle of the week. Snow fell in Oberon, about 120 km (75 miles) west of Sydney, on Monday, as the weather bureau warned sheep farmers across the southeast and in alpine areas that their animals exposed to the cold wet conditions could die. "I didn't expect it to be this thick," Oberon resident Wendy Stanton said of the snow. "It sort of started early yesterday afternoon and it just kept going and by the time I got up, everything was just covered in snow." The cold front across the southeast began over the weekend with temperatures plunging well below the average for the month, according to the weather bureau, which forecast morning frosts would linger until early Wednesday.

☆ Cyclone Ilsa hits Australia's northwest, misses iron ore export hub
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Renju Jose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY, April 14 (Reuters) - A tropical cyclone smashed into Australia's northwest coast as a category 5 storm, setting new wind speed records, but has largely spared populated regions including the world's largest iron ore export hub at Port Hedland, authorities said on Friday. "Port Hedland ... escaped the brunt of the cyclone at this stage. "As it moves inland and the sun comes up, we can expect it to still be a severe tropical cyclone," the weather bureau's hazard response manager Shenagh Gamble said. Ilsa is expected to weaken to a tropical low overnight and move into the southern parts of the Northern Territory. Destructive winds could hit the remote inland mining town of Telfer, where Newcrest Mining (NCM.AX) operates a fly-in-fly-out gold and copper mine.

☆ Australia's northwest braces for strongest cyclone in a decade
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Renju Jose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Cyclone Ilsa, located about 300 km (186 miles) off Australia's coast in the Indian Ocean, was on Thursday morning upgraded to a category four storm - one rung below the strongest category five. Port Hedland is the world's biggest export point for iron ore and is used by BHP Group (BHP.AX), Fortescue (FMG.AX) and billionaire Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting. Rio Tinto (RIO.AX) exports out of Port of Dampier, which lies to the west of Port Hedland. It will be the strongest system to hit the country's far northwest region since Cyclone Christine crossed the coast in December 2013, weather bureau forecaster Jessica Lingard said. BHP in an emailed response said it was closely tracking the cyclone but its mining and rail operations were continuing.

☆ Australian officials warn of bushfire threat as heatwave grips Sydney
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A total of 33 fires are burning across New South Wales (NSW), Australia's most populous state of which Sydney is the capital, with 12 not contained yet. Five public schools have been shut amid a total fire ban across large parts of the state. Two bushfires have been downgraded from emergency warning levels overnight, but officials said they could flare up again. Since late 2020, Australia's weather has been dominated by La Nina, which brings more rain and floods. Reporting by Renju Jose in Sydney, Editing by Himani SarkarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Sydney swelters through autumn heatwave, bushfire threat looms
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Renju Jose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/David Gray/File PhotoSYDNEY, March 6 (Reuters) - Parts of Australia's east including Sydney recorded their hottest day in more than two years on Monday with temperatures hitting more than 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), raising the risk of bushfires. Firefighters are working to contain nearly 40 bushfires across New South Wales, the home state of one-third of Australians, with crews on the ground supported by aircraft. Penrith, a suburb in western Sydney, recorded 40.1 degrees Celsius on Monday afternoon - the hottest day since Jan. 26, 2021 - while some inland towns reached nearly 41 degrees. Australia's east coast has been dominated by the La Nina weather phenomenon - typically associated with increased rainfall - over the last two years, which brought record rains and widespread flooding. In 2022, Sydney recorded its highest annual rainfall since records began in 1858.

☆ Heavy rains forecast for cyclone-hit areas of New Zealand
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Lewis Jackson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A view of flood damage in the the aftermath of cyclone Gabrielle in HawkeÕs Bay, New Zealand, in this picture released on February 15, 2023. New Zealand Defence Force/Handout via REUTERSFeb 21 (Reuters) - Parts of cyclone-stricken New Zealand could see heavy rains from Thursday as relief and recovery efforts continue and tens of thousands remain without power after Cyclone Gabrielle tore across the country's North Island last week. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has called Gabrielle New Zealand's biggest natural disaster this century. Hard-hit regions across the north east, where 13,000 remain without power and 1,300 are in emergency shelters, are set for heavy rain from Thursday. ($1 = 1.6028 New Zealand dollars)Reporting by Lewis Jackson in Sydney; Editing by Lincoln Feast.

☆ Australia's Norfolk Island braces for Cyclone Gabrielle impact
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Cyclone Gabrielle, headed for New Zealand, brought destructive winds to Australia's Norfolk Island on Saturday as it continued to track towards the tiny external territory in the Pacific Ocean. Gabrielle, a Category 2 tropical cyclone with winds of up 155 kilometres per hour (96 mph), was 325 km (miles) northwest of Norfolk Island, where conditions were deteriorating, Australia's weather bureau said early on Saturday. "The community are doing the right thing and we're in as good a place as we can be," Norfolk Island Administrator Eric Hutchinson told ABC television. The country's weather forecaster, MetService, said it expected Gabrielle to move towards New Zealand in coming days. Last month, Auckland and parts of the North Island were hit by record rainfall that sparked widespread floods and killed four people.

☆ Cyclone Gabrielle heads toward Australia's Norfolk Island, New Zealand
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Renju Jose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/David GraySYDNEY, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Residents in Australia's Norfolk Island and in New Zealand braced for heavy rain and gales over the weekend from Cyclone Gabrielle, with authorities also warning of hazardous surf conditions and strong winds along Australia's east coast. "It is looking like making a direct hit at Norfolk Island," Australia Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Jonathan Howe told ABC television. "We might see the centre of the tropical cyclone pass directly over Norfolk Island." Norfolk Island, an Australian territory 1,500 km (930 miles) east of Sydney, covers just over 34 square km (13 square miles) in the Pacific Ocean, between New Caledonia and New Zealand. Australia's mainland will not be significantly impacted though some eastern coastal areas may experience large waves and strong winds.

☆ Rain and floods in Philippines leave 32 dead and others missing
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

MANILA, Philippines — Heavy rains and floods that devastated parts of the Philippines over the Christmas weekend have left at least 32 dead and 24 missing, the national disaster response agency said Thursday. More than 56,000 people were still in emergency shelters after bad weather disrupted Christmas celebrations in the eastern, central and southern Philippines. Some residents in the province were seen hanging on to floaters as coast guard rescuers pulled them across chest-deep floods using a rope. An elderly woman is carried by coast guard personnel wading through floodwaters in Plaridel, Philippines, on Monday. It forecast light to heavy rains in the next 24 hours for some of the same areas affected by the floods.

☆ Taiwan rattled by quake, no immediate reports of damage
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

TAIPEI, Dec 15 (Reuters) - A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan's east coast on Thursday, the island's weather bureau said, with no immediate reports of damage. The quake shook buildings in the capital, Taipei, according to witnesses. The quake occurred at a depth of 5.7 km (3.5 miles), the bureau said. More than 100 people were killed in a quake in southern Taiwan in 2016, while a 7.3 magnitude quake killed more than 2,000 people in 1999. Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Christian SchmollingerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Storm Nalgae in the Philippines kills 48, while 22 others are still missing
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Residents wade through a flooded street in Kawit town, Cavite province on Oct. 30, 2022, a day after Tropical Storm Nalgae hit. The death toll from flooding and rain-induced landslides in the Philippines has climbed to 48, the country's disaster agency said on Sunday, with 22 others recorded missing after tropical storm Nalgae inundated many parts of the archipelago. Most of the casualties were recorded in the southern autonomous region of Bangsamoro, where 40 died due to landslides, with 10 still missing, the disaster agency said. Nalgae, which made landfall five times, is this year's second-most deadly cyclone to hit the Philippines, which sees an average of 20 tropical storms annually. The Philippine weather bureau said Nalgae was tracking westward and it could re-intensify into a typhoon over the South China Sea while heading toward southern China.

☆ Storm Nalgae death toll climbs to 48 in Philippines, 22 missing
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] A mother and a child wade through a flooded road following heavy rains brought by Tropical Storm Nalgae, in Las Pinas City, Metro Manila, Philippines, October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Marie DavidMANILA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The death toll from flooding and rain-induced landslides in the Philippines has climbed to 48, the country's disaster agency said on Sunday, with 22 others recorded missing after tropical storm Nalgae inundated many parts of the archipelago. Most of the casualties were recorded in the southern autonomous region of Bangsamoro, where 40 died due to landslides, with 10 still missing, the disaster agency said. Nalgae, which made landfall five times, is this year's second-most deadly cyclone to hit the Philippines, which sees an average of 20 tropical storms annually. The Philippine weather bureau said Nalgae was tracking westward and it could re-intensify into a typhoon over the South China Sea while heading toward southern China.

☆ Australians take stock of flood damage amid warnings of more rain
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Thousands of Australians on Monday returned to homes and businesses to assess flood damage even as evacuation warnings remained in inland regions of the southeast and authorities warned of more rain ahead which could trigger renewed flooding. Major flood warnings are in place across many regions despite little rainfall over the weekend with many swollen rivers only expected to reach peak flood levels this week. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"There is further rain expected later this week, so it remains a very dangerous situation." The weather bureau forecast another wild weather system that could bring rains up to 50 mm (2 inches) across some flood-hit regions. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Lewis Jackson and Renju Jose; Editing by Lincoln FeastOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Typhoon submerges villages, farmlands in northern Philippines
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MANILA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A tropical storm that made landfall early on Sunday in the northern Philippines has intensified into a typhoon, the weather bureau said, bringing moderate to heavy rains that submerged villages and farmlands. Nearly a thousand people were preemptively evacuated to safer ground, according to the disaster monitoring agency. Nesat, packing winds of 120 km (75 miles) per hour, may further intensify while moving towards the South China Sea, the weather bureau said. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Twitter government assistance was on the way to the affected communities. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Adrian Portugal; Additional reporting by Enrico Dela Cruz; Editing by William MallardOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

SYDNEY, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Thousands of people across Australia's southeast were asked to evacuate their homes on Friday, including some in a western suburb of Melbourne, after two days of incessant rains triggered flash flooding and fast-moving waters burst river banks. Upstream in Shepparton, rising flood waters are expected to surpass the 1974 peak by Tuesday and threaten over 4,000 properties. 1/5 A man wades through floodwaters amidst evacuation orders in the Maribyrnong suburb of Melbourne, Australia, October 14, 2022. Rains had eased by Friday afternoon but the weather bureau has warned of another potential wild weather system next week. Devastating floods have repeatedly struck Australia's east coast since early last year because of a multi-year La Nina weather phenomenon, which brings more rain.

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