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Vietnam confirms its first case of COVID-19 community transmission in 100 days. A patient is a 57-year-old man in Da Nang who had no prior contact with any known cases.
2020-07-25

Typhoon Melor (Nona) causes widespread flooding and blackouts in the Philippines. More than 700,000 people had been evacuated ahead of the storm which hit late on Monday night.
2015-12-15

Thousands of residents are evacuated as Typhoon Melor, also known as Nona in the Philippines, slams into tiny Batag Island in the eastern Philippines. The storm, headed to Sorsogon province, has intensified into the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane. Authorities shut schools and suspended fishing and ferry services in the central Philippines.
2015-12-14

Tropical Storm Kabayan (local name for then-Tropical Storm Mujigae) leaves at least two dead in the Philippines with two injured and 63 persons missing. The system intensified as it leaves the Philippine Area of Responsibility heading toward China.
2015-10-5

Typhoon Dujuan hits mainland China in Fujian province after hitting Taiwan, where it caused two deaths and injured 300.
2015-09-29

At least three people die, 27 are injured, and 26 people are missing, the majority of them in and around Jōsō city in Ibaraki Prefecture, as a result of floods and landslides in Japan after heavy rainfall caused by Tropical Storm Etau.
2015-09-11

Hong Kong starts closing schools as Typhoon Linfa approaches.
2015-07-9

Typhoon Chan-hom (Falcon) hits the Philippines with two people killed and two people injured.
2015-07-8

Over 1,000 people in the Philippines are stranded temporarily by Severe Tropical Storm Linfa (Egay) as landslides occur in Palawan province.
2015-07-5

Thousands of people are evacuated from the Philippines island of Luzon ahead of Typhoon Noul (Dodong).
2015-05-9