• Flash flood wipes out Puarante village, Vanuatu

    On March 10/11, Tropical Cyclone Lusi struck the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu causing flooding, destroying houses and crops and causing one reported death.

    The Vanuatu National Disaster Management Office issued cyclone warnings for Torba (population 9,359),

  • Tropical Cyclone Podul triggers record flooding in Vietnam

    Tropical Cyclone Podul approached the coast of Vietnam on Thursday night and weakened to a tropical depression shortly before making landfall on Friday, November 15, 2013. Podul dumped heavy rains across central regions of Vietnam on Friday and by

  • Tropical Storm Pabuk flooded Philippines immediately after Usagi

    Tropical Depression 19-W strengthened into Tropical Storm Pabuk on September 22, 2013 and lashed the northern Philippines immediately after Super-Typhoon Usagi which is considered to be the strongest typhoon to hit the western Pacific this year.

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