7 d. ago More than 1 million evacuated in the Philippines as Typhoon Fung

At least two people found dead as super-typhoon heads for Philippines, days after Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 224More than 1 million people have been evacuated and at least two people killed as flood waters rose in the Philippines before Typhoon Fung-wong’s expected landfall on the east coast.The super-typhoon is expected to bring wind and heavy rain to large parts of the archipelago. It comes days after Typhoon Kalmaegi hit the country, killing at least 224 people and leaving another 135 missing. Searches for those still missing had to be suspended on Sunday due to safety concerns for rescue workers. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago More than one million evacuated in the Philippines as super typhoon Fung

Fung-wong heading for the Philippines days after the country was hit by typhoon Kalmaegi, killing more than 220 peopleMore than one million people have been evacuated and at least one person killed as floodwaters rose in the Philippines before typhoon Fung-wong’s expected landfall on the east coast.The super typhoon is expected to bring wind and heavy rain to large parts of the archipelago nation where last week more than 220 people were killed by typhoon Kalmaegi. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago More than a million evacuated in the Philippines as Typhoon Fung

One woman found dead as super-typhoon heads for Philippines, days after Typhoon Kalmaegi killed 220More than a million people had been evacuated and at least one person killed as floodwaters rose in the Philippines before Typhoon Fung-wong’s expected landfall on the east coast.The super-typhoon is expected to bring wind and heavy rain to large parts of the archipelago nation where last week more than 220 people were killed by Typhoon Kalmaegi. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago The Guardian view on worsening extreme weather: the injustice of the climate crisis grows ever clearer | Editorial

The increasing ferocity and frequency of tropical storms imposes an unbearable burden on countries including JamaicaThe geographically uneven risks from increasingly extreme and dangerous weather grow ever starker. As Jamaica and other Caribbean countries clear up after Hurricane Melissa, and Typhoon Kalmaegi heads west after killing nearly 200 people in the Philippines and Vietnam, the case for more international support to countries facing the most destructive impacts from global heating has never been stronger.Last week’s five-day rainfall in Jamaica was made twice as likely by higher temperatures, according to initial findings from climate attribution studies. The current death toll across the Caribbean is at least 75. The economic and social costs are hard to quantify in a region that is still recovering from 2024’s Hurricane Beryl. Crucial infrastructure has been destroyed before the loans used to build it have even been paid off. Andrew Holness, Jamaica’s prime minister, esti...

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9 d. ago Vietnam hit by Typhoon Kalmaegi as tropical storm leaves 114 dead in Philippines

Typhoon Kalmaegi claimed the lives of at least 114 and has left another 127 missing – the storm has now made landfall in Vietnam brining flooded homes and collapsed buildings

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1 week ago Philippines declares state of emergency after typhoon Kalmaegi death toll passes 100

The deaths were mostly from drowning in flash floods, with 127 people still missing, many in the hard-hit central province of CebuPhilippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr has declared a state of emergency after typhoon Kalmaegi left at least 114 people dead and nearly 130 missing in central provinces in the deadliest natural disaster to hit the country this year.The deaths were mostly from drowning in flash floods, and 127 people were still missing, many in the hard-hit central province of Cebu. The tropical cyclone blew out of the archipelago on Wednesday into the South China Sea. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 114 dead as Typhoon Kalmaegi devastates Philippines and heads towards Vietnam

Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr declares state of emergency after Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves at least 241 people dead and missing

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1 week ago Philippines declares a state of emergency after typhoon left at least 241 people dead and missing

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared a state of emergency after Typhoon Kalmaegi left at least 241 people dead and missing in central provinces

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1 week ago Typhoon Kalmaegi: Thousands evacuated from Philippines as deadly tropical storm hits

Thousands of people have been evacuated from the Philippines as deadly storm Kalmaeegi hits.

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1 week ago Typhoon Kalmaegi latest: At least 66 dead as powerful storm leaves trail of destruction in Philippines

Storm is gathering strength again with 180kmph gusts in South China Sea and expected to hit Vietnam next

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1 week ago Typhoon Kalmaegi latest: At least 66 killed in Philippines as Vietnam braces for heavy rains and 180kmph winds

Another 26 people are missing after widespread and devastating flooding in central Philippines

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1 week ago Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves over 60 dead in Philippines as hardest

Provincial officials say most of the deaths were reported in the central province of Cebu, which was pummelled by Kalmaegi on Tuesday, setting off flash floods

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1 week ago BP accelerates overhaul with higher asset sale target as profits beat forecasts

The oil giant reported third quarter underlying replacement cost profits of 2.21 billion US dollars (£1.68 billion), down 3% on a year earlier.

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1 week ago Two dead as Typhoon Kalmaegi slams into Philippines with winds up to 200kmph

The Philippines is battered by about 20 typhoons and storms each year

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1 week ago Vietnam faces threat of powerful new typhoon as flood death toll rises

Typhoon Kalmaegi is expected to strengthen rapidly as it tracks toward Vietnam’s central coast

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1 week ago Vietnam faces new typhoon threat as flood death toll hits 37

The typhoon is expected to make landfall in the Philippines before strengthening rapidly as it heads toward Vietnam’s central coast

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3 w. ago Starmer stands by Jess Phillips as grooming gang survivor threatens to sue minister

Jess Phillips is coming under increasing pressure to resign as safeguarding minister with the grooming gang inquiry in crisis

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3 w. ago Grooming gang survivor threatens to sue minister in row over inquiry’s focus

Solicitors for Fiona Goddard wrote to minister Jess Phillips on Friday demanding an apology.

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3 w. ago New sanctions and weapons will not stop Russia. It’s time for Ukraine’s allies to change their flawed strategy | Christopher S Chivvis

A negotiated settlement would be unfair and frustrating. But after nearly four years of fighting, it may be the best optionOn Wednesday, President Trump imposed substantial new sanctions on Russia’s giant oil and gas companies, and lifted restrictions on the use of certain long-range missiles by Ukraine, which will now be able to strike more freely into Russia itself. These moves come on the heels of Trump’s conversations last week with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after which the US president expressed his frustration at both side’s intransigence. Trump had hoped to end this war long ago. Will this be enough?When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the US and its allies chose a strategy that aimed to use Washington’s awesome political, economic and military power to impose such high costs on Russia that the Kremlin would sue for peace on Ukraine’s terms. This “cost-imposition” strategy makes sense in theory. The problem is that, in practi...

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3 w. ago Is Shell to blame for a ‘super typhoon’? Philippines survivors to sue oil giant in legal first

Typhoon Rai killed more than 400, displaced nearly 3.2 million, and destroyed more than a million homes in 2021Trixy Elle still weeps when she remembers how she and her family fought for their lives as Typhoon Rai tore across the Philippines days before Christmas four years ago. In a matter of hours, intense rain and storm surges swallowed their home on Batasan Island in Tubigon, Bohol province.Elle, her elderly parents, brother, husband and two young children linked hands as they swam against flood waters in the dead of the night, praying to survive. Continue reading...

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