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A passenger bus is crushed by a landslide on Khanh Le pass in Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam late on Sunday. Photo: VNExpress/AP
Vietnam

6 dead as landslide buries bus on Vietnam’s scenic Khanh Le pass

Two bodies are still trapped under the debris as the treacherous terrain and heavy rain hinder the rescuers’ work.

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Indonesia

11 dead, 12 missing after landslide hits Indonesia’s Central Java: official

Thailand

Flooded Thai restaurant lets customers dine with live fish

South Korea

South Korean farmers sue state utility, claiming its coal habit ruined crops

The groundbreaking lawsuit questions if power companies’ impact on climate change and the resulting agricultural losses can be quantified.

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Hwang Seong-yeol, a South Korean rice farmer, inspects crops damaged by a fungal disease that spread during an abnormally rainy autumn at his rice paddy in Seosan, South Korea. Photo: AP
Vietnam

Video | Shipwreck in Vietnam unearthed after Typhoon Kalmaegi

Coastal erosion sparked by Typhoon Kalmaegi exposed the frame of a centuries-old wooden shipwreck on Tan Thanh beach in Hoi An, Vietnam.

The Philippines

Philippine governor of typhoon-hit province defends Germany trip

Rodolfo Albano III, who oversees Isabela, said he was ‘already on the plane’ when Manila ordered officials not to fly overseas.

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Climate change

Video | Why is there a rising number of typhoons?

A climate expert warns more typhoons may be on the way before the end of the year.

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The Philippines

Mountains protect the Philippines from typhoons. Why isn’t it protecting them?

Environmentalists say the Sierra Madre’s typhoon-weakening role is being compromised by mining, illegal logging and a China-funded dam.

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Vietnam

Experts in Vietnam race to save centuries-old wreck exposed by Typhoon Kalmaegi

The wreckage of the wooden ship was discovered in 2023 but became resubmerged before authorities could reclaim it.

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The Philippines

Video | Super Typhoon Fung-wong slams the Philippines

Fung-wong, known locally as Uwan, has brought torrential rain, high winds and flooding to the north of the archipelago’s most populous island, Luzon.

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The Philippines

Philippines counts cost of storm damage as Typhoon Fung-wong tracks to Taiwan

Fung-wong slammed into the Philippines on Sunday evening as a ‘super typhoon’, uprooting trees and swamping houses.

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Palm trees and residential rooftops stand as strong waves caused by Super Typhoon Fung-wong crash, in Sicmil, Gigmoto, Catanduanes, Philippines, November 9, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Dyves Meno Turado/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. VERIFICATION: Reuters was able to independently verify the location with the palm trees, the position and outline of the buildings that matched by the file and satellite imagery of the area. The date was verified by corroborating weather and local Media reports.
New Zealand

40 hikers rescued in New Zealand amid out-of-control wildfire

The blaze has already burned through around 4.2 square miles of national park in the country’s central North Island.

Climate change

Explainer | As Cop30 begins, what’s the latest in climate science?

While US work to tackle our planet’s environmental challenges is being hit by Trump’s cuts, many other nations are spending more.

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The Philippines

Typhoon Fung-wong: at least 2 die in Philippines as over a million evacuate

Fung-wong, known locally as Uwan, could expose 30 million people to danger, the government says.

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A flood in Catanduanes on Sunday amid Typhoon Fung-wong. Photo: Handout via Xinhua
Natural disasters

Powerful Brazil tornado kills 6, injures over 700: ‘it destroyed everything’

The twister flipped cars and wrecked buildings in Rio Bonito do Iguacu, a town of 14,000 people.

Damaged vehicles and buildings are seen in Rio Bonito do Iguacu in Brazil on Friday. Photo:Parana State Government via AFP
Hong Kong society

Flooding, leaks and power cuts: how extreme weather hits Hong Kong’s poorest

Survey finds extreme weather has had a ‘wide-ranging and severe impact on the lives and living environment’ of those in subdivided flats.

United States

Financial challenges end 208-year run of Farmers’ Almanac

The 2026 edition will be the last due to financial issues, ending a tradition of predicting weather via sunspots, planets, and lunar cycles.

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The Philippines

Deadly Typhoon Kalmaegi in Philippines raises more disaster readiness questions

More than 100 people have been killed in the country as the latest typhoon fuels fears of more unpredictable extreme weather events to come.

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A site devastated by the Typhoon Kalmaegi in Cebu province, the Philippines, on Thursday. More than 100 people have been killed. Photo: Philippine Red Cross/Handout via Xinhua
The Philippines

Philippines declares state of emergency after typhoon kills at least 140

Kalmaegi, which battered the country with deadly floods, is heading to Vietnam where officials are treating it as ‘dangerous’.

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Hong Kong society

Typhoons damage 20% of Hong Kong Covid isolation cubicles, reuse plans under way

Development Bureau says modules will be repaired and reused at construction sites of future public works projects.

The Philippines

Typhoon Kalmaegi devastates Philippines as death toll tops 100

Residents pick up the pieces in worst-hit Cebu province as the country braces for a new storm.

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A woman sits on a fallen post amid the damage caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi in Cebu’s Talisay, Philippines, on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong this year endured hottest October since records began: Observatory

Hong Kong also experienced record-breaking warm nights and exceptionally hot days for October, forecaster says.

The monthly mean maximum temperature also stood at 29.9 degrees, marking the second-highest on record for an October. Photo: Sam Tsang
The Philippines

Typhoon Kalmaegi devastates Philippines, leaving 40 dead and thousands displaced

A Philippine military helicopter carrying five personnel also crashed in the country’s south while responding to the storm’s devastation.

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Accidents and personal safety

Hill fire rages for hours in Hong Kong’s Pat Sin Leng mountain range

Hill fire near Green Cove luxury residential estate burns for at least three hours.

Kenya

Landslide and floods leave 26 dead in western Kenya

A government spokesman said 25 people are still missing and disaster response specialists are conducting a search and rescue operation.

Rescue teams carry bodies of victims of a landslide in the hilly area of Chesongoch in Elgeyo Marakwet county, western Kenya on Sunday. Photo: AP
Americas and the Caribbean

Medical supplies, staff in short supply in Jamaica, Cuba in wake of record storm

Described as one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic, Melissa caused widespread damage in the Caribbean.

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People walk along a street destroyed by Hurricane Melissa in Black River, Jamaica, on Friday. Photo: EPA
Britain

Growing rice in the UK ‘not so crazy’ as climate warms

British researchers are testing different crops as rising temperatures reshape the nation’s agricultural landscape.

Natural disasters

Video | Hurricane Melissa kills dozens in Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica

Even countries outside Melissa’s direct path felt the devastating effects of one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded.

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