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Typhoon death toll rise in Philippines
17:41:44, 24 September 2008, Radio Australia News
The death toll from Typhoon Hagupit in the Philippines has risen to eight with hopes fading for 13 gold miners still trapped in a flooded tunnel.
Cyclone protection warning in Australia's top end
10:15:47, 24 September 2008, Radio Australia News
A cyclone action group says thousands of lives are being put at risk this cyclone season, because public shelters in Australia's Northern Territory are not built well enough.
Search for Ike survivors, victims in US
08:22:24, 15 September 2008, Radio Australia News
Emergency workers in the US state of Texas say they have rescued more than 1,900 people from their flooded homes after Hurricane Ike.
Typhoon heads towards China
08:22:24, 15 September 2008, Radio Australia News
A powerful typhoon, which has killed at least one person in Taiwan and injured up to 17 is heading for mainland China.
Gustav downgraded but batters US coast
13:03:37, 2 September 2008, Radio Australia News
The United States city of New Orleans appears to have averted another Hurricane.
US Gulf Coast prepares for Hurricane Gustav
04:17:18, 2 September 2008, Radio Australia News
One of the most powerful storms of the season, Hurricane Gustav, is now close to making landfall on the Gulf coast of the United States.
Solomon Islands delivers relief after tornado
09:29:25, 1 September 2008, Radio Australia News
In the Solomon Islands efforts are under way to deliver relief supplies to more than 200 people made homeless by a recent tornado.
Burma junta gives go-ahead for visit by new UN Human rights rapporteur
09:18:55, 1 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The new UN Human Rights rapporteur for Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana, will conduct his first mission next week after getting the go-ahead from the military junta.
Typhoon leaves one dead in Taiwan
10:58:10, 29 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Typhoon Fung-wong has hit Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rains that left one man dead, forced schools to shut down across the island and disrupted air travel.
Typhoon causes widespread flooding in Taiwan
20:57:28, 28 July 2008, Radio Australia News
A typhoon has dumped up to 700 millimetres of rain on Taiwan, causing widespread flooding.
Typhoon Fung-wong hits Taiwan's east coast
17:52:22, 28 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Typhoon Fung-wong has slammed into Taiwan's east coast, bringing fierce winds and heavy rains.
UN envoy in Burma to assess cyclone relief efforts
20:37:08, 22 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The United Nations chief humanitarian envoy, John Holmes, has begun a three-day visit to Burma to assess how the country is coping in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis.
Rebuilding of Burma to cost a billion dollars
08:18:22, 22 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The United Nations and ASEAN say it will cost one billion US dollars over the next three years to rebuild Burma's cyclone-devastated south.
Reports Philippines ferry captain alive, hiding
23:19:04, 1 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The Philippines vice president says authorities are investigating reports that the captain of a ferry which sunk in a typhoon with the loss of nearly 800 lives is hiding to avoid accountability.
US relief effort in typhoon-hit Philippines
14:22:10, 26 June 2008, Radio Australia News
American soldiers are taking water, rice and medicine to typhoon-hit islands in the central Philippines, as the search for hundreds of bodies from a capsized ferry continues.
International aid workers arrive in Burma's delta
19:54:55, 26 May 2008, Radio Australia News
Foreign aid workers have started to visit Burma's Irrawaddy delta for the first time since it was struck by a cyclone, more than three weeks ago.
UN calls emergency meeting on Burma
14:53:31, 15 May 2008, Radio Australia News
The United Nations' humanitarian chief John Holmes is being sent to Burma to try to persuade the government to allow the free flow of international aid for the cyclone victims.
Aid arrival in Burma 'still too slow'
01:20:56, 15 May 2008, Radio Australia News
Frustrated foreign aid workers denied permission to enter Burma eleven days after Cyclone Nargis devastated the southern delta, are resorting to desperate tactics to get supplies into the country.
EU holds emergency talks on Burma
22:50:12, 13 May 2008, Radio Australia News
European Union development ministers held emergency talks on Burma on Tuesday, seeking ways to convince the military government to admit foreign aid to help increasingly desperate cyclone victims.
Warning climate change could increase damaging cyclones
15:32:39, 12 May 2008, Radio Australia News
A top Indian advocacy group that monitors climate change in South Asia has warned that the cyclone that devasted Burma's Irrawady delta over a week ago, could become more commonplace in future.
Aid trickling in to cyclone-ravaged Burma
15:59:04, 12 May 2008, Radio Australia News
The delivery of relief supplies to cyclone-ravaged Burma has picked up pace but aid groups say supplies are still falling well short of what's needed.
UN aid flights arrive in Burma
22:10:09, 9 May 2008, Radio Australia News
Four United Nations aid flights have arrived in Burma, carrying relief supplies for the estimated 1.5 million people left homeless by Cyclone Nargis.
UN says Burma's cyclone response 'disappointing'
05:05:24, 9 May 2008, Radio Australia News
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has requested a meeting with Burma's senior general Than Shwe over getting more aid to the country's cyclone survivors.
US Senate demands Burma admit cyclone aid
01:17:19, 9 May 2008, Radio Australia News
The United States Senate has passed a resolution demanding that Burma's military rulers lift restrictions on delivery of foreign relief to help survivors of Cyclone Nargis.
US aid flight to cyclone-hit Burma not going ahead
22:30:46, 8 May 2008, Radio Australia News
A planned US aid flight to cyclone-hit Burma is not going ahead.
![Thousands of police have been deployed in the area where parliament house, the main metropolitan police headquarters and government house are located. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/thai_protestclash_afp_081008.jpg "Thousands of police have been deployed in the area where parliament house, the main metropolitan police headquarters and government house are located. [AFP]")
![President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the islands' leader for the past 30 years, faces five bitter rivals in the poll. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/maldives_gayoom_afp_061008.jpg "President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the islands' leader for the past 30 years, faces five bitter rivals in the poll. [AFP]")
![Anti-government demonstrators try to take cover after riot police fired tear gas at protesters blocking Parliament in Bangkok. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/thai_protest_rtr_071008.jpg "Anti-government demonstrators try to take cover after riot police fired tear gas at protesters blocking Parliament in Bangkok. [Reuters]")
![Smoke rises from Mount Soputan on the outskirts of Manado of Indonesia's North Sulawesi province. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/indon_soputan_rtr_071008.jpg "Smoke rises from Mount Soputan on the outskirts of Manado of Indonesia's North Sulawesi province. [Reuters]")
![The quake was felt over a wide area and razed the village of Nura of 960 residents in the Tian Shan mountains at an altitude of 2,000 metres. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/kyrgyz_quake_afp_061008.jpg "The quake was felt over a wide area and razed the village of Nura of 960 residents in the Tian Shan mountains at an altitude of 2,000 metres. [AFP]")
![Several members of the United National Party, including the provincial chief, were among those killed in the bomb blast which also left 80 people injured. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/lanka_blast_afp_061008.jpg "Several members of the United National Party, including the provincial chief, were among those killed in the bomb blast which also left 80 people injured. [AFP]")
