Typhoon Hagibis is set to hit Japan later this week and could help the Wallabies but ruin Scotland or Ireland's World Cup campaigns.
The typhoon comes one day after a separate storm - Typhoon Lingling - buffeted the Korean peninsula,leaving casualties.
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.
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.
Typhoon Trami continues to batter parts of Japan's north with devastating winds and torrential rains.
Typhoon Trami is the latest storm to threaten Japan in a year filled with more than the usual number of disasters,
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.
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.
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.
Hundreds of flights in and out of Hong Kong have been cancelled as Typhoon Mangkhurt approaches,having killed at least 25 in 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.