A suspected wartime mortar round has been safely detonated by bomb disposal officers at a Hong Kong construction site, with no evacuations needed. A source familiar with the matter confirmed to the South China Morning Post that the suspicious object workers discovered at 9.32am on Tuesday at a construction site at Kwu Tung North Multi-Welfare…
One of the year’s most powerful storms in the Philippines, Super Typhoon Fung-wong has killed four people, authorities said on Monday, as they began assessing damage after its fury abated, though no reports of major destruction have flowed in yet. Landslides also isolated at least four towns in the province of Aurora, where Fung-wong made…
More than a million people have been evacuated and at least one person killed as floodwaters rose in the Philippines on Sunday before Typhoon Fung-wong’s expected landfall on the east coast. Irescuers evacuate people to safer grounds in Quezon province, eastern Philippines, as Typhoon Fung-wong enters the country on Sunday,(AP) The super typhoon, which comes…
TAIPEI, Taiwan — China braced Thursday for heavy rains as Tropical Storm Podul made landfall in several southern provinces and thousands of people were evacuated. Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces were the focus of the preparation efforts, but alarms were at a relatively low level given the storm’s loss of strength as it passed over…
Heavy rains and flooding in northern China have killed four people, with others missing, according to officials BEIJING — Heavy rains and flooding in northern China killed four people while others remain missing, officials said Monday, amid flood warnings and evacuations. The victims were caught in a landslide in a rural part of Luanping county…