- El Niño's impact on Southeast Asian fires, drought, and typhoons
- El Niño is affecting the wider Asia-Pacific region, impacting the Philippines, and being monitored by the World Meteorological Organization.
Storms are battering coastal regions of China and moving across the Philippines, driven by the El Niño pattern.
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Updated Aug 11
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What happened
Storms are battering coastal regions of China and moving across the Philippines, driven by the El Niño pattern.
Who's involved
What this event is mainly aboutHow it developed
Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.- Typhoon Narra caused heavy rains and flooding in the region of Guangdong and Chongzuo.Sub-event
- Typhoons are sweeping towards southern China, Hong Kong, and Japan.Sub-event
El Niño is driving severe storm activity across coastal China and the Philippines.1 source
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El Niño is affecting the wider Asia-Pacific region, impacting the Philippines, and being monitored by the World Meteorological Organization.Also in this story
- ASEAN and Teodoro chair a meeting in Cebu City to address the threat of Super El Niño to regional food and energy security.
- El Niño is bringing dry conditions and health risks to Filipinos, which are covered by PhilHealth.
- PSA attributed production decline to El Niño.
- El Niño pattern is causing above-normal rainfall across several provinces in the Philippines, including Central Luzon and Batangas.
Within El Niño's impact on Southeast Asian fires, drought, and typhoons
The entities involved
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Hong Kong
city and special administrative region of China
- Elise Nieshalla chairs the Indiana Deferred Compensation Committee, which is managing investment risk by reducing exposure to China and excluding investments in Hong Kong.
- Ranasingha is stranded in the Cook Islands after leaving Sri Lanka for Hong Kong, facing travel restrictions and diplomatic hurdles.
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Guangdong
province of China
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Philippines
archipelagic country in Southeast Asia
Related events
- El Niño has curtailed hydropower and wind output in Guangdong, prompting the province to adopt a market system pushed by Beijing.
- El Niño is threatening rice yields and causing drought and flooding in the Philippines.
- Typhoon Champi affects both Taiwan and the Philippines, causing flight cancellations in both nations.
Coverage
Newest first; wire copies grouped- insurancejournal.com
- hawaiipublicradio.orgAsia Minute: Most powerful storm of the year slams southeastern China