BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Sunday upgraded its emergency response for flood and typhoon control to Level III in the southern provinces ...

South China's Hainan and Guangdong provinces have been placed on high alert as Typhoon Wipha, the sixth typhoon of the year, ...

HANOI, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Northern and central localities of Vietnam have taken precautionary measures to mitigate the potential impacts of Typhoon Wipha, which is forecast to make landfall in the ...

According to the Hainan Meteorological Service, Typhoon Wipha intensified from a tropical storm to a strong tropical storm in the early hours of Saturday. At 8 a.m., its center was located in the ...

Forecast to be potentially the most destructive typhoon in a decade, Wipha forced the evacuation of more than 2.6 million people in East China. At 3 pm yesterday, the typhoon was downgraded to a ...