This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 22 November 2013 Two weeks after ...

A weakened Typhoon Fung-wong is now passing over the South China Sea and expected to head to Taiwan, after leaving two people dead in the Philippines. Some 1.4 million in the Philippines had been ...

CEBU, Philippines, November 15 (UNHCR) - Jane Ilagan knew something was wrong when she tasted the "salty rain." The storm surge that accompanied Typhoon Haiyan in the early hours of November 8 ...

Thousands of survivors of Typhoon Haiyan erupted into wild cheers Sunday to celebrate the victory of Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, bringing back laughter and revelry briefly to a central ...

Three months after typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines, the country is still suffering, although the rest of the world has moved on with time. Thanks to a massive international relief effort, ...

The oceanic conditions that churn up the very strongest of hurricanes and typhoons are heating up in the North Atlantic and Western Pacific, fueled by warm water that extends well below the surface.

For many Filipinos, the wind outside is not the only thing howling. It is also the echo of memory, of roofs ripped off, of waves swallowing entire villages, of names read from endless casualty lists.

The mounting death toll in the Philippines weighed heavily on the minds of George Clooney and Idris Elba, honored at the Britannia Awards Saturday night in Los Angeles. Clooney said he was following ...

Manila, Philippines — Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines on Monday after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least six people ...

A U.S. Marine Corps rotational force arrived for the second consecutive year just in time for a pair of typhoons in the Philippines. The 100-strong Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia force kicked ...

Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines on Monday after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least eight people and displacing more ...