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Typhoon Koinu is sweeping southern Taiwan TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Typhoon Koinu swept south ern Taiwan on Thursday, killing one person and injuring more than 300 as it brought pounding rain and record-breaking winds to the island, leading to school and office closures. One person was killed by flying glass in the central city of Taichung and at least 304 were injured around the island, Taiwan's fire department said. Gusts of wind downed trees and caused damage to some buildings. Koinu, which means “puppy” in Japanese, made landfall early Thursday in Cape Eluanbi, the south ernmost tip of Taiwan, and is expected to weaken as it moves west toward the Guangdong and Fujian provinces of south ern China. The typhoon brought the fastest wind ever recorded in Taiwan as it approached on Wednesday night. A weather monitoring station on the outlying Orchid Island, south east of the main island, measured a gust of 342.7 kph (212.9 mph) at 9:53 p.m., as well as sustained winds that reached 198.7 kph...

Hurricane Otis strengthened on Wednesday to a Category 5 storm as it made landfall in Mexico. Hurricane Otis strengthened on Wednesday to a Category 5 storm as it made landfall in Mexico, where it's likely to bring "catastrophic damage ," the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The hurricane, which had been a tropical storm as of Tuesday morning, rapidly intensified within 24 hours. This handout picture courtesy of NOAA/RAAMB taken on October 24, 2023 shows hurricane Otis approaching Mexico's southern Pacific coast. NOAA/AFP via Getty Images Wind speeds approached 165 mph on Wednesday as the storm approached Acapulco, a Mexican resort town, at about 1 a.m. local time, according to a bulletin. Flash flooding is also possible with up to 20 inches of rain are expected through Thursday in areas including Guerrero and the western coastal sections of Oaxaca, officials said. "This rainfall will produce flash and urban flooding, along with mudslides in areas of high...