'Super Typhoon'could wreak havoc on final Rugby World Cup pool stages

'Super Typhoon'could wreak havoc on final Rugby World Cup pool stages

Typhoon Hagibis is set to hit Japan later this week and could help the Wallabies but ruin Scotland or Ireland's World Cup campaigns.

  • byGeorgina Robinson andTom Decent

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Twin typhoons batter Japan,Korean peninsula

Twin typhoons batter Japan,Korean peninsula

The typhoon comes one day after a separate storm - Typhoon Lingling - buffeted the Korean peninsula,leaving casualties.

Typhoon leaves dozens dead in China,as a million evacuated

Typhoon leaves dozens dead in China,as a million evacuated

A powerful typhoon left at least 22 people dead in China,after a landslide backed up a river that broke through debris and inundated homes.

Deadly cyclone lashes India forcing thousands into relief camps

Deadly cyclone lashes India forcing thousands into relief camps

At least 33 people died when Cyclone Gaja struck six districts of Tamil Nadu state with heavy rains and winds that reached 90 kilometres per hour.

Deaths as Typhoon Trami lashes Japan

Deaths as Typhoon Trami lashes Japan

Typhoon Trami continues to batter parts of Japan's north with devastating winds and torrential rains.

  • byTakehiko Kambayashi
Japan braces as typhoon Trami charts course for main island

Japan braces as typhoon Trami charts course for main island

Typhoon Trami is the latest storm to threaten Japan in a year filled with more than the usual number of disasters,

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Mangkhut weakens to tropical storm after ploughing into China

Mangkhut weakens to tropical storm after ploughing into China

Typhoon Mangkhut continued its trail of destruction as moved into southern China. Although it has weakened it still packs a punch and death tolls are tipped to rise.

Nature's furies batter Asia and the United States

Nature's furies batter Asia and the United States

Typhoon Mangkhut in Asia and hurricane Florence in the United States are expected to continue to cause destruction on a massive scale even as they weaken.

Florence and Mangkhut,similar but different as water and wind

Florence and Mangkhut,similar but different as water and wind

The tropical storms are both leaving a trail of havoc and death but the final outcomes will be different because of a combination of geography,climatic conditions and human factors.

  • bySeth Borenstein
China prepares as killer Typhoon Mangkhut wreaks havoc in Philippines

China prepares as killer Typhoon Mangkhut wreaks havoc in Philippines

Hundreds of flights in and out of Hong Kong have been cancelled as Typhoon Mangkhurt approaches,having killed at least 25 in the Philippines.

  • byHannah Beech
Ferocious winds and blinding rain:Mangkhut lashes the Philippines

Ferocious winds and blinding rain:Mangkhut lashes the Philippines

Officials are verifying the drownings of two children. Authorities are also checking what happened to about 70 men who reportedly returned to their coastal village but haven't been located.

  • byAaron Favila