170,000 evacuated as Typhoon Ketsana approaches Vietnam’s central coast

October 5th, 2009 Storm lingers after killing 16 in PhilippinesMANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Parma weakened into a tropical storm that lingered off the Philippine coast Monday, drenching northern provinces as well as Taiwan after killing 16 people and causing widespread flooding and landslides. Chief government forecaster Nathaniel Cruz said Parma headed northwest into the South China Sea after passing over the Philippines, which is still reeling from an earlier storm that killed almost 300 people.

October 5th, 2009 HANOI - At least 163 people have been killed in typhoon Ketsana in Vietnam, a media report said Sunday. Seventeen people were missing and 616 people were injured after the storm that hit the country's highlands and central provinces last Tuesday, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

October 3rd, 2009 Latest typhoon kills 4 in PhilippinesMANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Parma cut a path across the Philippines' northern edge on Saturday, killing four people but sparing the capital from a second flood disaster as the storm churned toward Taiwan. Tens of thousands of Filipinos had evacuated their homes as the storm bore down on the main island of Luzon just eight days after an earlier tempest left Manila awash in floods that killed almost 300 people.

October 3rd, 2009 Latest typhoon kills 4 in Philippines, churns awayMANILA, Philippines — The Philippines military rushed Sunday toward villages cut off by floodwaters from Asia's latest deadly storm, which killed at least four across the northern part of the country but spared the capital. Typhoon Parma was churning through the South China Sea as troops in southern Taiwan helped to evacuate villages that could be hit next.

October 2nd, 2009 Thousands evacuated ahead of Philippine storm MANILA, Philippines — Thousands of villagers fled the likely path of a powerful typhoon bearing down Friday on the Philippines, as the government braced for the possibility of a second storm disaster just days after one that killed hundreds. Heavy rain drenched mountainous coastal regions in the northeast as Typhoon Parma tracked ominously toward heavily populated areas still sodden after the earlier storm.

October 2nd, 2009 Tens of thousands in Philippines flee new typhoonMANILA, Philippines — Filipinos braced Friday to be whipped by powerful winds and pelted with rain from a second typhoon in eight days, fleeing by the tens of thousands from low-lying areas and suspending cleanup operations in the flooded capital. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a nationwide "state of calamity" and ordered mass evacuations of six provinces in the path of Typhoon Parma, which was expected to hit the main island of Luzon midafternoon Saturday.

October 2nd, 2009 MANILA - All of the Philippines was placed under a "state of calamity" Friday as Supertyphoon Parma moved closer to the country's main island of Luzon, less than a week after tropical storm Ketsana wreaked havoc in the capital and outlying areas. Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said the declaration was aimed at giving the government power to control prices of basic commodities and free up local emergency funds.

October 2nd, 2009 MANILA - Hundreds of people were evacuated Friday as super typhoon Parma moved closer to the northern Philippines' main island of Luzon, less than a week after storm Ketsana wreaked havoc in the capital and outlying areas. Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said local officials in the northern provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga supervised the evacuation of residents living near river banks and low-lying areas that could be flooded when Parma hits the area on Saturday, as predicted.

October 2nd, 2009 Typhoon weakens slightly as Philippines bracesMANILA, Philippines — Filipinos braced Saturday for their second typhoon in eight days, though the storm weakened just hours before it was due to hit and the threat of another disaster in the flood-soaked capital eased. Better news for the Philippines was bad news for Taiwan, which issued a storm warning and began evacuating villages in the south as Typhoon Parma headed more sharply north toward the island.

October 1st, 2009 Evacuations start for new Philippine stormMANILA, Philippines — Filipinos in the likely path of a looming typhoon began evacuating Friday, as the toll from a storm that tore across Southeast Asia days earlier rose to more than 400. Officials fear Typhoon Parma — due to hit Saturday unless it changes course — will cause a second disaster in the northern Philippines after the worst flooding in four decades swamped the homes of more than 2 million people.

September 30th, 2009 23 dead as Typhoon Ketsana roars into VietnamHANOI, Vietnam — Typhoon Ketsana roared into central Vietnam on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people as it brought flooding and winds of up to 90 mph (144 kph), disaster officials said. Some 170,000 were evacuated from its path.

September 30th, 2009 HANOI - At least 38 people have been killed and 10 are missing after typhoon Ketsana struck central Vietnam, national storm and flood authorities said Wednesday. The typhoon brought winds of 117 km per hour (kph) when it came ashore in the central province of Quang Nam Tuesday morning, and dumped up to 900 mm of rain.

September 30th, 2009 23 dead as Typhoon Ketsana strikes VietnamHANOI, Vietnam — Twenty-three people are dead in central Vietnam from Typhoon Ketsana. Disaster officials have reported deaths in six provinces, including three in Quang Nam, where the storm made landfall around 2 p.m.

August 31st, 2009 Typhoon slams into Japan's east coast injuring 3TOKYO — Japan's Meteorological Agency says Typhoon Krovanh has slammed into the country's east coast bringing heavy rain and strong winds. The agency says the typhoon dumped heavy rain in Tokyo and its environs Monday and is moving north.

August 19th, 2009 TAIPEI - The toll in typhoon Morakot that devastated the country Aug 7 has risen to 136 Wednesday, officials said. Six rescue workers were also killed during the relief work, emergency officials said.