The death toll from cyclone-induced floods and landslides in Southeast Asia nears 800 as rescuers battle to clear roads and improved weather conditions reveal the scale of the disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/asia-pacific/asian-storm-death-toll/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #southeastasia #typhoons #floods #indonesia #malaysia #thailand #srilanka
Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand faced mass devastation after a tropical storm formed in the Malacca Strait fueling week-long heavy rains. There were 336 dead in Indonesia, 170 in Thailand and two in Malaysia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/30/asia-pacific/storm-deaths-southeast-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #southeastasia #typhoons #indonesia #floods #landslides #thailand #malaysia
Rooftop solar has grown significantly in Jamaica over the past decade, and it's seen as a way to become more resilient to ever-intensifying storms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/11/energy/jamaicans-solar-power-storm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #climatechange #typhoons #hurricanes #caribbean #solar #renewables #jamaica
As the year’s deadliest typhoon swept into Vietnam after wreaking havoc in the Philippines, scientists warned such extreme events can only become more frequent as global temperatures rise. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/10/typhoon-southeast-asia-scientists-temperatures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #southeastasia #climatechange #typhoons
Super typhoon Fung-Wong hit the Philippines on Sunday and is forecast to cause widespread damage as it moves west. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/10/asia-pacific/typhoon-fung-wong-philippines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #typhoons #philippines #southeastasia
The Philippines evacuated over 100,000 residents on Sunday as Fung-wong intensified on into a super typhoon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/09/asia-pacific/philippines-fung-wong-super-typhoon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #philippines #typhoons #southeastasia
Climate change is posing growing risks to aviation safety and efficiency by intensifying storms and turbulence, a new French study has found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/07/japan/science-health/climate-change-typhoon-turbulence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #airlines #climatechange #typhoons
Vietnam was assessing the damage from Typhoon Kalmaegi on Friday after it made landfall earlier this week, with one death reported by state media and thousands evacuated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/07/asia-pacific/typhoon-vietnam-philippines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #vietnam #philippines #typhoons #storms
As the death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi in the Philippines climbs, residents in the are confronting the devastation: homes reduced to rubble, debris-filled streets and lives upended. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/asia-pacific/typhoon-kalmaegi-philippines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #philippines #cebu #typhoons
Hurricane Melissa, which struck Jamaica as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, was made four times more likely because of human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/10/31/climate-change/climate-change-hurricane-melissa-study/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #jamaica #storms #typhoons #climatechange
Hurricane Melissa dealt a direct hit to Jamaica's southwestern coastal communities that face a long haul picking up the pieces as a lack of power and communications across the Caribbean island hampers damage assessments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/jamaica-hurricane-melissa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #jamaica #storms #typhoons #hurricane
Parts of the island of Hachijojima in Tokyo’s Izu island chain are still without running water following damage from Typhoon Halong, with a second incoming typhoon expected to slow restoration efforts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/13/japan/typhoon-halong-damage-hachijojjima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #typhoons #meteorologicalagency #izuislands #storms
Typhoon Halong was east of the island of Hachijojima, part of the Izu island chain, and moving east-northeast as authorities warned residents to brace for destructive winds, landslides, high waves and flooding. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/japan/typhoon-halong-october/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #typhoons #meteorologicalagency #izuislands #storms
The national weather agency is urging people in the vicinity of the Izu chain of islands to be vigilant about windstorms, high waves and torrential rain through Thursday as Typhoon Halong approaches. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/typhoon-october-izu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #typhoons #meteorologicalagency #izu
Tokyo has revised its flood prevention guidelines for underground spaces in the city to incorporate the use of artificial intelligence following the emergence of abnormal weather conditions in recent years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/29/japan/society/tokyo-underground-guidelines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #tokyometropolitangovernment #floods #typhoons
Hundreds of thousands of people in southern China were left cleaning up after Typhoon Ragasa crashed through Guangdong Province, ripping down trees, destroying fences and blasting signs off buildings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/26/asia-pacific/typhoon-ragasa-clean-up/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #taiwan #hongkong #typhoons #floods
Strong winds, relentless rain and rough seas hit southern China as powerful Typhoon Ragasa made landfall in the Guangdong province after killing at least 14 in Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/25/asia-pacific/typhoon-ragasa-china-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #typhoons #china #taiwan #macau #hongkong
Fourteen people have died in Taiwan's eastern county of Hualien, with 124 missing after a barrier lake in the mountains overflowed to deluge a town during a typhoon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/24/asia-pacific/taiwan-typhoon-death-missing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #typhoons
Just a month after Hiroshima was devastated by the U.S. atomic bomb, Typhoon Ida killed 3,756 people in Japan including atomic bomb survivors and specialist medics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/hiroshima-a-bomb-typhoon-tradegies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #atomicbombings #typhoons
Tropical Storm Peipah made landfall in western Japan on Friday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to warn people in many areas of landslides and other disasters from torrential rain. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/05/japan/science-health/tropical-storm-peipah-landing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #typhoons #storms #meteorologicalagency