This paper builds on the existing literature assessing retrospectively the quantitative effects of natural disasters on different dimensions of household welfare, to make progress toward the ex ante identification of households that are vulnerable to poverty due to natural disasters, especially typhoons. A wind field model for the Philippines is …
HANGZHOU -- Heavy rain lashed the coastal areas of East China's Zhejiang province on Sunday as tropical storm Fung-Wong is approaching. As of 4 pm, a total of 157,553 people in coastal cities including Ningbo, Wenzhou and Taizhou had been evacuated, and 30,079 fish boats had returned to ports, said …
This report analyses impacts of four extreme weather events (a heat wave in Russia, flooding in Pakistan, drought in East Africa, and a typhoon in the Philippines) on food security. For each case, the nature of the extreme weather is characterized, and its impact on vulnerable people is assessed by …
Flights, buses and rail services were canceled and schools closed as a typhoon with wind gusts of up to 144 km/h made landfall in Hainan province on Tuesday. Typhoon Kalmaegi, the fifteenth to hit China this year, made landfall in Wengtian, a township in Wenchang, at 9:40 am. As of …
A strong typhoon slammed into the rice-producing Philippine northern region on Sunday, cutting power and communications lines and forcing people to flee to higher ground, national disaster agency officials said. Packing central winds of 130 kph (81 mph) and gusts of up to 160 kph, Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall early …
A $100 million fund launched on Tuesday aims to make people in disaster-prone regions of Asia and Africa better able to cope with natural disasters and crises, so that they can get their lives and economies back on track more quickly and effectively. The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) set up …
As many as 10 people died and dozens were injured as Typhoon Halong slammed into the Japanese archipelago over the weekend, reports said Monday, with heavy rain still lashing the country’s north. The storm was moving over the Sea of Japan (East Sea) Monday afternoon, after making landfall on Honshu …
Powerful Typhoon No. 11 as of Thursday morning was moving north in the Pacific east of Okinawa, poised to bring the Daitojima islands under a storm area and threatening to reach western Japan over the weekend. The Meteorological Agency said the typhoon was moving north-northeast over the ocean about 150 …
BEIJING - About 155,000 people in China's Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces were evacuated as of 9 a.m. Thursday after typhoon Matmo made landfall in Fujian Province Wednesday afternoon. More than 403,000 people have been affected since Matmo landed in Gaoshan Township in Fuqing City at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday …
The U.S. Agency for International Development and the Rockefeller Foundation are starting a $100 million project to prepare vulnerable communities for climate-caused humanitarian disasters before they happen. The initiative, which will start in Africa’s Sahel region and be announced today at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, is aimed at …
BEIJING -- Typhoon Nakri is moving from waters southwest of Taiwan Island into the East China Sea at a speed of 20 to 25 kilometers per hour (kph), said China's National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center on Thursday. The storm is packing winds at speeds of up to 64.8 kph and …
El Nino conditions are easing in the central and eastern tropical Pacific in the latest available indications that the Indian monsoon might just be able to shrug off its feared adverse impact on seasonal rains. The ocean waters in the ‘suspect area’ in the Pacific have cooled over the last …
Typhoon Matmo has claimed 13 lives in China and affected about 2.5 million residents, the Ministry of Civil Affairs announced on Sunday. Nine deaths were reported in east China's Jiangxi Province and four were reported in south China's Guangdong Province, the ministry said in a statement. As of 9 a.m. …
Typhoon Matmo slammed into Taiwan on Wednesday with heavy rains and strong winds, shutting financial markets and schools, with at least one person killed and some damage reported. Typhoon Matmo, a category two on Tropical Storm Risk's scale of one to five, packed gusts of 155 kph (90 mph) and …
The death toll from super typhoon Rammasun had increased to 46 as of 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, with another 25 missing, according to latest figures from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The strongest typhoon to hit south China in four decades, Rammasun brought gales, downpours and floods to southern provinces, affecting …
Taiwan authorities ordered schools and offices shut in the south and issued storm warnings as the island braced for its first major typhoon of the year. Typhoon Matmo had sustained winds of 137 kilometers per hour (85 miles per hour) and headed toward Taiwan at a speed of 22 kilometers …
Heavy rain in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province has caused two deaths, left one person missing and affected 98,000 people since Saturday, said the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Thunderstorms and hail led to the collapse of 100 houses and damage to more than 1,300, according to a report posted on the …
BEIJING -- The death toll from super typhoon Rammasun had increased to 33, as seven more people were confirmed dead in a mudslide in southwest China's Yunnan province. Rammasun, the strongest typhoon to hit south China in four decades, brought gales, downpours and floods to a number of southern provinces, …
Rammasun Course To Decide Monsoon Strength' Much depends on the course typhoon Rammasun takes in the coming days, though India Meteorological Department officials are concerned that it will affect the monsoon in India. If Rammasun becomes very intense and moves towards Japan, it may weaken the monsoon here further. However, …
The Philippines set to work clearing debris, reconnecting power and rebuilding flattened houses on Thursday after a typhoon swept across the country killing 38 people, with at least eight missing, rescue officials said. Typhoon Rammasun, the strongest storm to hit the Philippines this year, was heading towards China after cutting …
A typhoon killed at least 10 people as it churned across the Philippines and hit the capital, prompting the evacuation of almost more than 370,000 people and shutting financial markets, offices and schools, rescue officials said on Wednesday. The eye of Typhoon Rammasun, the strongest storm to hit the country …
