Typhoon Doksuri Grazes the Philippines on Its Way to China

Typhoon Doksuri, a tropical cyclone moving through the Pacific Ocean, grazed the northern Philippines on Wednesday morning and was expected to pass near Taiwan before making landfall in China later this week. As of early Wednesday morning local time, the storm was over Fuga Island in the Philippines’ Cagayan Province, the national meteorological service said in a bulletin. The agency had warned that flooding and rain-induced landslides were possible over the next three days, and urged people in some low-lying areas to evacuate. It was not immediately clear if the…

Typhoon Doksuri Heads for Philippines, Taiwan and Southern China

Typhoon Doksuri, a tropical cyclone moving through the Pacific Ocean with wind speeds equivalent to that of a Category 4 hurricane, was forecast to potentially hit the northern Philippines on Tuesday before passing near Taiwan and making landfall in China later this week. As of late Tuesday morning, the storm was about 167 miles east of Tuguegarao City, near the east coast of Luzon, the country’s largest and most populous island, the Philippine national meteorological service said in a bulletin. The agency warned that flooding and rain-induced landslides were possible…

U.S. and Philippines Have a Complex Military Alliance: What to Know

The United States and the Philippines announced a deal on Thursday that will give U.S. forces access to four more military sites in the Southeast Asian country, creating the largest American military presence there in decades. The deal, an apparent sign of warming ties between the countries after a six-year rough patch, would have strategic implications if a conflict were ever to break out in Taiwan or the South China Sea. Here is a brief history of the U.S. military alliance with the Philippines and its complex historical legacy. How…