A huge and powerful typhoon is headed toward southern China after lashing the Philippines with destructive winds and torrential rain, putting the region’s megacities on high alert with cancelled flights and disruptions to schools and businesses.

Typhoon Tino intensified as it moved through the Philippines on November 3, causing flooding and a landslide in Cebu province, according to local reports.Timelapse satellite footage from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) showed the storm intensifying into Monday evening,

Severe Tropical Storm Tino (international name: Kalmaegi) may intensify into a super typhoon as it,  while parts of the Visayas are under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS)

Rachel Kent, a SNAP recipient, told CNN on Saturday that food should not be a political ... and that many of the communities they serve were already rattled by Typhoon Halong, which tore through remote, coastal communities in the state last month.

On Oct. 16, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy formally requested a federal major disaster declaration, projecting that over 1,500 Alaskans had been displaced. Dunleavy anticipated that many of those displaced would be unable to return to their homes for "upwards of 18 months."

Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 52 people dead with 13 others missing in the central Philippines, mostly in widespread flooding that trapped people on their roofs and swept away scores of cars in a

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