Ocean warming will intensify typhoons hitting Asia: study

Typhoons in the northwest Pacific had intensified by 12–15 per cent on an average since 1977

El Nino-driven floods in China kill 237; over 31 million affected

This is China’s second most expensive weather-related natural disaster in history

Typhoon Soudelor claims at least 20 lives in Taiwan

The storm, however, weakened after entering inland China

Intensity of tropical cyclones to increase next century due to climate change: Study

There could be a 5% increase in maximum cyclonic wind speeds if the world warmed by 2°C by 2100