Tropical Storm Risk

NASA's Artemis I Moon rocket endured fierce winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Nicole on Thursday, days ahead of the expected launch of the spacecraft. Sustained winds of 136.8kmph tested the design limits of the 32-story-tall rocket and posing added risks to a spacecraft already beset by technical glitches. The Artemis I Moon rocket sustained mi...

Airlines, airports and insurers across Asia are bracing for the prospect of unusually high damage as the region's tropical storm season begins, as hundreds of aircraft grounded by the coronavirus pandemic can't be moved easily.

Japan braced for high winds and heavy rain as a typhoon roared north today, enveloping outlying islands in high seas before taking aim at the rest of the nation and raking across its biggest main island at the weekend.

Torrential monsoon rains killed at least eight people in the Philippines, the country's disaster relief agency said today, and the toll was expected to rise as two tropical storms battered northern Luzon, the main island in the archipelago.

NASA's Artemis I Moon rocket endured fierce winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Nicole on Thursday, days ahead of the expected launch of the spacecraft. Sustained winds of 136.8kmph tested the design limits of the 32-story-tall rocket and posing added risks to a spacecraft already beset by technical glitches. The Artemis I Moon rocket sustained mi...

Airlines, airports and insurers across Asia are bracing for the prospect of unusually high damage as the region's tropical storm season begins, as hundreds of aircraft grounded by the coronavirus pandemic can't be moved easily.

Japan braced for high winds and heavy rain as a typhoon roared north today, enveloping outlying islands in high seas before taking aim at the rest of the nation and raking across its biggest main island at the weekend.

Torrential monsoon rains killed at least eight people in the Philippines, the country's disaster relief agency said today, and the toll was expected to rise as two tropical storms battered northern Luzon, the main island in the archipelago.