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Tens of thousands of villagers fled the likely path of a powerful typhoon bearing down Friday on the Philippines, as the government braced for the possibility of a second disaster just days after a storm killed more than 420 in four Southeast Asian countries....

A powerful typhoon slammed into central Vietnam on Tuesday, killing 32 people and flooding towns and villages along the country's long coastline after leaving a trail of destruction in the Philippines.

The Dalai Lama -- on a visit to Taiwan that includes prayers for recent typhoon victims -- has refuted China's claims that he is there for political reasons.

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou said Sunday he accepts responsibility for the government's slow response after Typhoon Morakot slammed into the island killing at more than 120 people and unleashing floods, mudslides and misery.

Taiwan leaders already under fire for a perceived slow response to a typhoon that likely killed hundreds have begun accepting foreign aid after earlier refusing those offers, officials said on Saturday.

A mudslide triggered by torrential rains from a typhoon may have buried up to 600 villagers in mountainous southern Taiwan, disaster officials said on Monday.

At least nine people have been killed while 10 others are missing after Typhoon Etau slammed into western Japan, bringing heavy rain and triggering floods and landslides. Japan's metereological agency said Etau packing winds of up to 108kph was moving ...

People leave China's south-east coast and boats are called home as a typhoon nears that caused severe floods in Taiwan.