The official death toll from typhoon Bopha (local name Pablo) in the Philippines has already reached 620, while the number of missing also rose to 817, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management ...

Typhoon Bopha ploughed across the major southern island of Mindanao on Tuesday, flattening nearly everything across its 700-kilometre (435-mile) wide path with a blend of hurricane-force winds ...

The category 5 ‘super’ typhoon caused widespread destruction at the time, with more than 1000 deaths recorded, and tens of thousands rendered homeless.

Climate change has been linked to the increased rainfall and intensity of Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name ... pre-industrial times (alongside similar increases for Typhoons Bopha and ...