...other respects, this must be one of the most dangerous assignments in the world. The film follows a number of children orphaned by Cyclone Nargis , which struck southern Burma in May 2008, killing 140,000 people in the delta and making 2.4...

In this article: Burma, Rangoon, Dispatches, Cyclone Nargis, Channel 4, Ne Win, and Thein Sein

...Patrick Lin/AFP/Getty Images Tibet 's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama , led thousands in prayer at a ceremony to comfort victims of Typhoon Morakot in Kaohsiung, Taiwan , on Sept. 1. China signalled its disapproval by postponing or scaling...

In this article: Taiwan, China, Dalai Lama, Ma Ying-jeou, Kaohsiung, Beijing, and Democracy

...was travelling between the towns of Pathein and Thetkelthaung when it sank. The Irrawaddy Delta was the area that suffered worst when Cyclone Nargis hit southern Myanmar in May 2008. The catastrophic storm killed around 138,000 people and...

In this article: Myanmar, Cyclone Nargis, and Pathein

...from its center. Anja was generating waves as high as 24 feet, and is not threatening any landmasses. Forecasters at the U.S. Navy s Joint Typhoon Warning Center expect that Anja will move south over the next couple of days and weaken...

In this article: NASA, Indian Ocean, Joint Typhoon Warning Center, U.S. Navy, Diego Garcia, Washington, and Port Louis, Mauritius

...hardly afford the most basic of health care, let alone nuclear technology - Burma is the country that refused international aid after Cyclone Nargis killed at least 125 thousand people in May 2008, for fears that foreigners would try to topple...

In this article: Burma, Barack Obama, Democracy, Washington, US, Aung San Suu Kyi, North Korea, and Cyclone Nargis

Instead of the sometimes dry reading of other official military feeds, this one takes a lighter tone. Subjects range from the military's Joint Typhoon Warning Center to a look at new vehicle armor. Screen nameSelect one with 3-12...

In this article: Twitter, Fort Hood, United States, Pentagon, Afghanistan, Joint Typhoon Warning Center, E mail, and Joint Chiefs of Staff

...their success in driving out the Japanese army stationed there, they suffered relatively heavy losses, particularly to their convoys due to Kamikaze suicide attacks. From January 4 - 12, a total of 24 ships were sunk and 67 damaged by...

In this article: Lingayen Gulf, Pangasinan, Kamikaze, Douglas MacArthur, La Union, Dagupan City, Luzon, and Suicide

...at least six cyclones to hit the region that killed over 100,000 people in total. The 1970 Bhola cyclone was not the most powerful of these, however; the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone was significantly stronger when it made landfall in the same...

In this article: Yahya Khan, 1970 Bhola Cyclone, Chittagong, United Nations, 1991 Bangladesh Cyclone, Cholera, Awami League, Dhaka, and Bangladesh

The 1889 Apia cyclone was a Pacific tropical cyclone, which swept across Apia, Samoa on March 15, 1889. The effect on shipping in the harbour was devastating, largely because of what has been described as 'an error of judgement that will...

In this article: Pacific, Apia Harbor, 1889 Apia Cyclone, USS Trenton, Upolu, Trenton, and HMS Calliope

...result country killed wounded 12/05/44 Antoine Saugrain Liberty Aerial torpedo Damaged Philippines None 12/05/44 John Evans Liberty Kamikaze Damaged Philippines None 12/05/44 Marcus Daly (GSA) Liberty Kamikaze Damaged Philippines None

In this article: Marcus Daly, Leyte, Kamikaze, and Philippines

...being decimated by two hurricanes sent by the Slann, conjured on the strength of an ancient prophecy (an event similar to the real world Kamikaze that destroyed a Mongol Invasion of Japan ). Yin-Tuan, the narrator, speaks of Cathay being ruled...

In this article: Cathay, Warhammer, Emperor, Marco Polo, China, Kamikaze, and Southland

The Kamikaze (神風, Japanese for divine wind), were a pair or series of typhoons that are said to have saved Japan from two Mongol fleets under Kublai Khan that attacked Japan in 1274 and again in 1281. The latter is said to have been the...

In this article: Kamikaze, Suicide, Ryujin, Fujin, World War II, Kublai Khan, Japan, and Normandy

The 2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone , (IMD designation: BOB 05 JTWC designation:04B), was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike Sri Lanka since 1978. The fourth tropical storm and the second severe cyclonic storm of the 2000 North Indian Ocean...

In this article: Convection, Joint Typhoon Warning Center, Sri Lanka, 2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone, Trincomalee, India, India Meteorological Department, and Banana

...at JD(U) and BJD members who were protesting against the Centre's decision to recover relief funds given for Kosi floods and Orissa cyclone. "I want to respond but if you don't want to listen, then I will not respond," the Leader of...

In this article: Pranab Mukherjee, Orissa cyclone, Sharad Yadav, Finance Minister, and New Delhi

Typhoon Tip was the largest and most intense tropical cyclone on record. The nineteenth tropical storm, twelfth typhoon, and third super typhoon of the 1979 Pacific typhoon season, Tip developed out of a disturbance in the monsoon trough on...

In this article: Japan, Guam, 2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone, Typhoon Tip, Hurricane Ismael, Hurricane Erika, United States Marine Corps, Kanagawa Prefecture, Pohnpei, and Pacific

The 2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone , also known as Cyclone 04B , was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike Sri Lanka since 1978. The fourth tropical storm and second cyclone of the 2000 North Indian Ocean cyclone season , the cyclone developed out...

In this article: 2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone, Sri Lanka, and India

...was also the latest-forming first hurricane of the season since 1941. Recently featured: Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware - Typhoon Tip - Tropical cyclogenesis - List of Florida hurricanes (pre-1900) - Hurricane Erika (1997) - 2000...

In this article: North Carolina, 2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone, Typhoon Tip, Hurricane Isabel, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Erika, Atlantic, and New England

...of Hurricane Isabel resulted in $40 million in damage (2003 USD, $44 million 2006 USD) and no casualties in the state. Recently featured: Typhoon Tip - Tropical cyclogenesis - List of Florida hurricanes (pre-1900) - Hurricane Erika (1997) -...

In this article: Hurricane Isabel, Delaware, 2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone, Typhoon Tip, Hurricane Ismael, Hurricane Erika, Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, and Florida