The incredible forces of Typhoon Morakot are still being felt days after it dumped more than 80 inches of rain and caused torrential flooding in Taiwan before it moved on. Internet service disruptions ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan – Floods and mudslides unleashed by Typhoon Morakot last weekend have killed about 500 people on the island, Taiwan's president said Friday as he called on rescue crews to step up their ...

Taiwan’s military says it has found nearly 1,000 people alive in the area around three remote villages devastated by Typhoon Morakot, which pummeled the island over the weekend. Most of the survivors ...

This infrared satellite image shows Typhoon Morakot’s cold clouds (depicted in purple and blue) stretching over 1,000 miles in diameter on Aug 6, in the East China Sea. Credit: NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen ...

Some undersea fiber-optic cables that carry Internet and communications traffic to parts of Southeast Asia and China have already been repaired while officials continue to assess damage to others, a ...

Union Insurance Co. Ltd. [78994], a Taiwan-listed property insurer, said that as of Aug. 10, it has 22 insurance claims reports, with preliminary estimated losses of NT$27.96 million (US$852,231), ...

Deep sea landslides caused by Typhoon Morakot severed at least three undersea fiber-optic telecommunications cables and disrupted three others, causing Internet service disruptions in parts of Asia.

Sometimes satellite imagery will leave a person in awe of nature's power and that's what the latest satellite image from NASA's Aqua satellite will do as it shows the giant Typhoon Morakot's center ...

Anger is mounting in Taiwan over the Kuomintang government’s inadequate emergency response and its failure to quickly rescue the victims of Typhoon Morakot, which devastated the island last week. The ...

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Deep sea landslides caused by Typhoon Morakot severed at least three undersea fiber-optic telecommunications cables and disrupted three others, causing Internet service disruptions in parts of Asia.