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A man hangs up flags in Hanoi in preparation for Vietnam’s national day under a cloudy sky caused by Typhoon Kajiki on Monday.

Typhoon Kajiki batters Vietnam, felling trees and flooding homes

With a long coastline facing the South China Sea, Vietnam is prone to storms that are often deadly and trigger dangerous flooding and mudslides.

  • Khanh Vu and Minh Nguyen

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Typhoon Kajiki

Vietnam braces for Typhoon Kajiki as it nears coast

The storm is likely to strengthen, with wind speeds as high as 180km/h predicted.

  • Khanh Vu and Ethan Wang
People carrying belongings wade in a flooded street in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Australia sends $3 million in aid to Vietnam as death toll from Yagi rises over 200

The death toll in Vietnam has risen to 226, with 104 people missing, the government’s disaster management agency said.

  • Hau Dinh and David Rising
This satellite image released by NASA shows Typhoon Nanmadol on Saturday as it was approaching southwest Japan.

One dead, one missing after typhoon slams southwestern Japan

Tens of thousands of people spent the night at gymnasiums and other facilities in a precautionary evacuation of vulnerable homes.

  • YURI KAGEYAMA
Waves batter the shore in Miyazaki, southern Japan, on Sunday as a powerful typhoon approaching Japan lashed the region with strong winds and heavy rain.

Super typhoon Nanmadol bears down on Japan’s southernmost main island

Japan’s weather agency warned of gales ‘like never experienced before’ as the typhoon approached.

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The strong typhoon engulfed villages in floods that trapped residents on roofs, toppled trees and knocked out power in southern and central island provinces, where more than 300,000 villagers had fled to safety before the onslaught, officials said.

‘No water, petrol, electricity, little food’: texts from the disaster zone

Australian resident Bernie Osler had just arrived in the Philippine province of Cebu to meet his one-year-old son. Then he found himself in the eye of a storm.

  • Chris Barrett
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Surigao del Norte, on the north-east corner of Mindanao, has been one of the hardest hit by the typhoon.

‘We need food and water’: Philippine typhoon’s trail of despair extends to Malaysia

As the death toll in the Philippines climbed to 375, a rescue effort has continued in Malaysia, where thousands have been left stranded by flooding.

  • Chris Barrett
Rescuers carry a woman following the sudden rise in floodwaters as Typhoon Goni hit Batangas province, south of Manila.

Typhoon Goni has spared Manila. Will it be so lucky next time?

The Philippines may have been lucky with Goni, the 18th typhoon to strike the country this year. But it remains starkly exposed to a multitude of natural disasters.

  • Hannah Beech and Jason Gutierrez
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Typhoon hits Philippines, causes flash floods

A mere tropical storm on Wednesday, Typhoon Goni is now 2020's most powerful cyclone on the planet, with winds peaking at 378 km/h.

  • Ian Sayson and Cecilia Yap
Residents in south-east Manila evacuate in a military truck before the typhoon hits.

Philippines evacuates hundreds of thousands as powerful typhoon approaches

The country's main international airport will also be closed, with the powerful typhoon set to make landfall on Monday night.