Weather Bureau says storm is likely to bring heavy rain in mountainous areas.

Typhoon more than 1,300km away from Sabah for now.

Authorities evacuate nearly a thousand people. 

Authorities rush to send aid as heavy flooding hit several provinces.

Typhoon Chaba is likely to bring extremely heavy rains.

The number of storm-related deaths climbs as rescue efforts continue.

Communication lines and power supply remains unavailable.

Typhoon Rai has been upgraded to a Category 4 storm.

Many areas remained submerged in a northern region hit by the worst flooding in more than four decades.

Philippine police and soldiers joined a search today for missing people after Typhoon Vamco killed at least 42.

Among the sports revised to new dates are beach volleyball, canoe/kayak, muay thai, pencak silat, modern pentathlon and surfing.

Destroyed houses are seen in the aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis, which smashed into central and eastern Japan.

Rescuers continue to slog through mud and debris searching for the missing.

One of the strongest in recent years causes flights to be cancelled and train lines closed.

A million people evacuated, hundreds of flights and dozens of train trips cancelled. 

Strongest typhoon since 2014 forces flight cancellations and schools, markets to close in Taiwan.

Improved urban planning, massive investment in resilient infrastructure needed to weather extreme conditions.

UPDATED 5.27PM | Super typhoon Mangkhut, a category 5 storm, hits the Cagayan province.

Typhoon Tembin is expected to slam into Vietnam late today. 

Mkini reviews the chronology of events on MET's apparent 'late' issuance of a rainfall warning ahead of Penang floods.

UPDATED 5.40PM | Police say two dead, more than 300,000 people spent Christmas in shelter areas.

Hundreds of thousands flee their homes in the Philippines on Christmas Day.

It was moving more slowly than previously predicted, says the Central News Agency.