Disaster preparedness and disaster-relief efforts are hot topics on Chinese social media as the country braces for as many as three new typhoons in the next ten days. This follows the devastation earlier this month of twin...
Back-to-back typhoons have brought torrential rain, flooding, and other extreme weather events to parts of southern and central China, and prompted mass evacuations of people living in the paths of the storms. Last week, Typhoon...
The Associated Press reports that China announced on Sunday that it would send rescue and medical...
A ninefold increase in Chinese aid to the typhoon-struck Philippines has failed to quell criticism...
Typhoon Fitow landed in southeastern China last week, devastating many populated regions. Over the...
Anger at the official response to historic flooding in Yuyao, Zhejiang mounted over the weekend,...
Yuyao typhoon victims in Zhejiang Province lashed out violently against police and a state TV crew...
After Typhoon Fitow landed in southeastern China causing massive damage and forcing hundreds of...
Typhoon Usagi landed in southern China on Sunday after passing through the Philippines and Taiwan...
Taiwanese authorities have refused to provide a visa for the Dalai Lama, who was due to address a women’s organisation there next month. From the AFP: The Taiwan chapter of the Federation of Business and Professional...
From the Times of India: Seven people have died and six others are missing after Typhoon Koppu slammed into south China, causing torrential rain, mudslides and an oil spill, the government and state media said on Thursday. Four...
The Dalai Lama is paying a visit to victims of Taiwan’s Typhoon Morakot in what he calls a “purely humanitarian” gesture. From the Guardian: The exiled spiritual leader offered prayers for recent victims of...
[Originally posted August 9; updates below] AP reports: A typhoon pummeled China’s eastern coast Sunday, toppling houses, flooding villages and forcing nearly a million people to flee to safety. Officials rode bicycles to...
From Xinhua: More than 450,000 people have suffered economic losses and 107 flights have been canceled in eastern China since typhoon Fung Wong, the eighth tropical storm to hit China this year, made landfall late on Monday. The...
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