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Nipah virus outbreak in India sparks worry in China before Lunar New Year
South China Morning Post, Published on 29/01/2026
» An outbreak of the highly fatal Nipah virus in India's eastern state of West Bengal has sparked widespread attention and public concern in China ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday when millions will travel.
Vietnam flood deaths rise as new storm tracks toward coast
Bloomberg, Published on 03/11/2025
» The death toll in Vietnam from last week’s record-breaking downpours has climbed to 37 as another powerful storm bears down on the country’s coast and floodwaters rise again in some tourism hubs.
Northern Luzon in Philippines braces for possible super typhoon
Bloomberg, Published on 21/09/2025
» Typhoon Ragasa may develop into a super typhoon on Sunday as it approaches the northern part of the main Luzon island in the Philippines, the weather bureau said, threatening rice and corn crops.
Philippine typhoon survivors commemorate 10th anniversary
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» TACLOBAN (PHILIPPINES) - Survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan will hold prayers and light candles in the Philippines on Wednesday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the storm that left more than 7,000 people dead or missing.
Death toll from Philippines landslides, floods hits 115
AFP, Published on 14/04/2022
» ABUYOG (PHILIPPINES) - The death toll from landslides and flooding in the Philippines triggered by tropical storm Megi hit 115 on Thursday, official figures showed, as more bodies were found in mud-caked villages.
Death toll from Philippines landslides, floods rises to 80
AFP, Published on 14/04/2022
» ABUYOG, Philippines: The death toll from landslides and floods in the Philippines rose to 80 on Wednesday with scores missing and feared dead, officials said, as rescuers dug up more bodies with bare hands and backhoes in crushed villages.
UN seeks $169 million in aid for Philippine typhoon victims
AFP, Published on 02/02/2022
» The United Nations has increased its fundraising target for victims of Typhoon Rai to $169 million as the Philippines struggles to recover from the devastating storm, the organisation's resident coordinator said Wednesday.
Philippine death toll from typhoon tops 400
Reuters, Published on 31/12/2021
» MANILA: The Philippine death toll from Typhoon Rai has crossed the 400 mark, the disaster agency said on Friday, as officials in some hard-hit provinces appealed for more supplies of food, water and shelter materials about two weeks after the storm struck.
‘Help us’: after Typhoon Rai, miles of destruction and the smell of death
New York Times, Published on 28/12/2021
» MANILA: “The trees snapped like matchsticks.”
'A little aid would help': Philippine typhoon survivors beg for food
AFP, Published on 23/12/2021
» SURIGAO CITY, Philippines: Jennifer Vetonio stands on a road in the southern Philippines begging for money and food from passing drivers. A week after Super Typhoon Rai destroyed her house, she has not received a scrap of government aid.