Their bodies were found Wednesday morning. Rescuers have found nearly 1,000 people alive in the area around three remote villages devastated by Morakot, which pummeled the island over the weekend, ...

With wind gusts of up to 50 m per second, Typhoon Morakot slammed Beibi town, Xiapu county in north Fujian province, shortly after 4 pm, bringing waves of up to 8 m high, causing severe flooding and ...

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Morakot, which means ‘emerald’ in the Thai language, struck the Philippines, Taiwan and China and left at least 93 people dead, most of them in Taiwan.

Rescue and cleanup work after the Morakot catastrophe entered its 11th day yesterday, as the focus shifted from rescue to retrieval of bodies and funeral arrangements. Soldiers yesterday began using ...

Last year, the country saw a once-in-200-year flood following Typhoon Kalmaegi, while the flooding caused by Morakot was close to a recurrence interval of 250 years, the Central Weather Bureau said.

When Typhoon Morakot hit indigenous villages in Taiwan’s mountains 11 years ago, former army officer Chen Cheng-nan was stunned at the devastation. “The mountain forest landscape changed ...

Tropical storm Morakot has brought a breath of fresh air to some parts of China in the grip of drought but the relief it offers will be fleeting. Lightning flashes above the southern city of ...

Floods and mudslides unleashed by Typhoon Morakot last weekend have killed about 500 people on the island, Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou said on Friday.

Typhoon Morakot bore down on Taiwan Friday, packing 89 mph (143 kph) winds and threatening to soak the entire island when it makes landfall Saturday morning, Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said.

(CNN) -- Typhoon Morakot dumped heavy rain on Taiwan early Saturday and threatened to further soak the recently drought-stricken island. As of 3 a.m. local time, the storm's eye was over the ...