Typhoon Haiyan

Philippines on alert as Typhoon Koppu nears

The Philippines is preparing for a typhoon that is forecast to dump heavy rain and cause severe flooding when it arrives at the weekend.

SPECIAL REPORT / Climate change: Nature's wrath hits hard

The warnings could not have been more severe: a monster named Haiyan was coming, a storm carrying rains at wind speeds no one on Earth had ever seen or felt before, so strong it could sweep the sea inland.

October 17, 2015
October 17, 2015

Philippines on alert as Typhoon Koppu nears

The Philippines is preparing for a typhoon that is forecast to dump heavy rain and cause severe flooding when it arrives at the weekend.

April 18, 2015
April 18, 2015

Climate change: Nature's wrath hits hard

The warnings could not have been more severe: a monster named Haiyan was coming, a storm carrying rains at wind speeds no one on Earth had ever seen or felt before, so strong it could sweep the sea inland.

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