Typhoon

A powerful typhoon, the second in a week, was barreling toward the Okinawa islands in southern Japan on Saturday, prompting warnings about torrential rainfall and fierce wind gusts

When it comes to hurricanes, there’s more to them than meets the eye. Here’s where the word “hurricane” comes from and how these powerful storms are different (or not) from cyclones.

A strong typhoon is pounding the eastern Philippines, knocking out power and threatening food crops in a new emergency for a country already overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic