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