Category: Asia

Typhoon injures 45 in Taiwan

TAIPEI (Reuters) – A typhoon injured 45 people, canceled flights and cut power to tens of thousands in Taiwan

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Rare Double Waterspout Caught On Film

Video Report: A very rare video of two waterspouts. (more…)

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Dozens die in landslides in India

Dozens of people in northern India have been killed by landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains, a senior district

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Russian heatwave killed 11,000 people

Moscow registered nearly 11,000 deaths due to an unprecedented heatwave this summer, a city official said, as the mortality

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6.3 Earthquake shakes Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A magnitude-6.3 earthquake rattled the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan late Friday night, the U.S. Geological

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Japan Heatwave Kills 170, Sends More Than 54,000 To Hospital

Tokyo (AFP) Sept 14, 2010 - At least 170 people have died from heatstroke and more than 54,000 have

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Pakistan: Overflowing lake washes away towns, villages

DADU: Water overflowing from the Manchhar lake inundated two towns and 70 villages in Sehwan and Johi talukas on

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13,000 Lightning Strikes Hit Hong Kong In One Hour

Record lightning strikes pounded Hong Kong today in its most violent electrical storm, which caused flooding and left people

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Man Dies Of Rare Flesh-Eating Bug

A Hong Kong man has died of a flesh-eating bug in the territory's second case of the rare disease

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Indonesia Floods Kill 10, 14 Missing

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Flash floods in central Indonesia have killed 10 people and left 14 others missing. Local media

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