Storms
Philippine policeman: Villagers refused advice to flee storm
ITOGON, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine police officer who tried to persuade residents of a mining camp to move to safety as a powerful typhoon approached said Tuesday they refused to leave, and a day later the storm triggered a huge landslide that buried dozens of people.
WHAT’S HAPPENING: Water will haunt Carolinas after Florence
MIAMI (AP) — Like hurricanes Harvey and Katrina before it, Florence will be remembered for unleashing a staggering amount of water over a vast area. The flooding unfolded just as forecasters expected, but many residents in the Carolinas still seemed caught off guard as they were plucked off a vehicle's ...
The Latest: Life normalizing in south China after typhoon
ITOGON, Philippines (AP) — The Latest on Typhoon Mangkhut (all times local):
The Latest: More N Carolina counties qualify for federal aid
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Depression Florence (all times local):
Florence likely to expose gaps in flood insurance
NEW YORK (AP) — The number of Americans with flood insurance is on the rise, yet Hurricane Florence is likely to make it painfully clear that too many homeowners in the Carolinas and other vulnerable regions remain unprotected.
Hope fades in Philippines for dozens buried in landslides
ITOGON, Philippines (AP) — Dozens of people believed buried in a landslide unleashed by Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines probably did not survive, a mayor said Monday, although rescuers kept digging through mud and debris covering a chapel where they had taken shelter.
Death tolls often rise weeks after storm hits
More than six months after Hurricane Irma's catastrophic rampage across the Caribbean and the southeastern United States, the number of deaths attributed to the storm increased to 129 — more than twice the amount reported at the end of the storm.
WHAT’S HAPPENING: Rain, floods still in Florence’s forecast
MIAMI (AP) — The forecast for Florence has not changed, unfortunately: It's still raining, and rivers are still rising. All but one road in and out of a North Carolina city of 120,000 people are underwater or blocked by debris. Residents of inland communities who thought they were safe from ...
Emergency crews throw supply lifeline to isolated Wilmington
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Throwing a lifeline to a city surrounded by floodwaters, emergency crews delivered food and water to Wilmington on Monday as rescuers picked up more people stranded by Hurricane Florence and the storm's remnants took aim at the densely populated Northeast.
Photos: Flooding from Florence swamps neighborhoods
LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — Dams overflowed, dozens of roads flooded and whole neighborhoods were inundated as unrelenting rain from Tropical Depression Florence continued to fall over North Carolina.
Flooding fears surge as rivers rise; Wilmington cut off
HONG KONG (AP) — Typhoon Mangkhut wreaked havoc on the northern Philippines and southern China, leaving dozens of people dead and forcing millions to evacuate.
The Latest: Typhoon death toll now 69 in Philippines, China
HONG KONG (AP) — The Latest on Typhoon Mangkhut (all times local):
Before and after a storm, the supply stores are critical
MIAMI (AP) — Before and after a hurricane, Ace is the place. And Home Depot and Lowe's. And many other hardware and building supply outlets.
The Latest: 3-month-old dies when tree falls on home
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Depression Florence (all times local):
US hurricane, Asian typhoon: 1 brings water, the other, wind
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nature expresses its fury in sundry ways. Two deadly storms — Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut — roared ashore on the same day, half a world apart, but the way they spread devastation was as different as water and wind.

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