One person has been confirmed dead and four others are still missing after a fishing boat sank on sea off southernmost China's Hainan Province Monday morning.
The provincial maritime affairs bureau confirmed that 12 of the 16 people on board the (...)
Typhoon Rammasun is expected to make landfall in south China's island province of Hainan or coastal area of Guangdong Province on Friday, the Hainan provincial meteorological station said on Thursday.
Rammasun, packing rainstorms and winds of up to (...)
Four people died and another four were injured in an explosion at a pharmaceutical factory in Haikou City, capital of south China's Hainan Province on Tuesday, local authorities said.
The blast occurred around 11 a.m. at Hainan Huigu Pharmaceutical (...)
Some 150,000 people have been evacuated after heavy rainfall has inundated villages and townships in south China's Hainan Province since Friday, local authorities said on Sunday.
Precipitation has reached 510 mm in parts of Wanning City in Hainan, (...)
AlHijjah 29, 1434, Nov 3, 2013, SPA -- South China's Hainan Province initiated an emergency response on Sunday as Typhoon Krosa approaches the east of the island province.
The National Meteorological Center has issued a yellow alert for the typhoon, (...)
AlQa'dah 24, 1434, Sep 30, 2013, SPA -- A total of 74 people have been confirmed missing after three fishing boats have sunk since Sunday afternoon in a typhoon in South China Sea, maritime authorities said on Monday.
The boats, all from south (...)
Tropical storm Jebi is expected to bring heavy rains and strong gales to China's southernmost island province of Hainan on Friday, local meteorological authorities said Wednesday.
A tropical depression over the South China Sea strengthened into a (...)
Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland gave the United States a 24th World Cup Sunday after the duo reeled in overnight leaders Ireland and held off the charge of fast-finishing England.
The victory at the Blackstone course comes a week after Kuchar helped (...)
Ireland's Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell moved two strokes clear at the World Cup Saturday and savored the prospect of adding their names to an illustrious list of previous winners.
The pair gelled superbly to record eight birdies, including (...)
Brendan Jones and Richard Green put Australia on top after the first day of golf's World Cup and hoped their performance would stir up interest in the event back home.
The duo combined to record two eagles and seven birdies in an 11-under par 61 in (...)
AlQa'dah 10, 1432, Oct 8, 2011, SPA -- More than 17,000 people in Haikou, capital city of China's southernmost island province of Hainan, have been evacuated as the city braces for potential flooding triggered by torrential rains, Xinhua (...)
Tropical storm Parma made a powerful landing in Wanning City in the southernmost island province of Hainan on Monday, Xinhua quoted the provincial observatory as saying.
The Hainan provincial meteorological station said Parma landed in Longgun (...)
Strong gale brought by tropical storm Kestana began to hit China's southernmost island province of Hainan on Monday, Xinhua reported.
The provincial meteorological station monitored the storm at 16.1 degrees north and 113.3 degrees east, and was (...)
The Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters in China's southernmost province, Hainan, on Monday ordered all fishing vessels to return to harbor, and departments to put in place flood control measures, as tropical storm Kestana approached, (...)
Three fishermen were confirmed dead and another 26 missing from more than ten maritime disasters caused by tropical storm Goni in south Chinese island province of Hainan, Xinhua quoted local officials said Sunday.
Two fishermen were killed and (...)
Nearly 100 ships' crew members from Cambodia, Vietnam and China are missing in heavy seas off south China's Hainan Island, Xinhua quoted a local official as saying.
More than 20 ships in the area had been affected by gale conditions resulting from (...)
Maritime affairs departments in south China's provinces have called ships to harbor as tropical storm Goni is poised for a landing through Guangdong Province on Wednesday, Xinhua reported.
The meteorological station in Guangdong said the center of (...)
Eighteen Chinese fishermen seeking shelter from strong gales brought by Typhoon Neoguri in a sea beacon for nearly 30 hours without any food have been rescued, Xinhua quoted rescuers as saying.
The 18 people were among the 26 rescued Chinese (...)
Strong wind and huge waves has hampered the rescue efforts to send food and fresh water to more than 300 Chinese and foreign fishermen, who were forced to ground in southern China's Nansha Islands to escape stormy seas caused by Typhoon Hagibis, (...)
Typhoon Lekima made landfall late Tuesday in south China's island province of Hainan, and weakened into severe tropical storm, Xinhua quoted local meteorological observatory as saying.
Lekima landed at Jinmujiao near Sanya city in the southeast of (...)
The severe tropical storm Lekima was upgraded to typhoon Tuesday afternoon and is moving closer towards south China's island province of Hainan, where 100,000 people have been evacuated, Xinhua quoted local authorities as saying.
Lekima, named (...)
The search is continuing for the four fishermen who were thrown overboard as their boat tried to return to land to escape tropical storm Francisco, Xinhua reported.
The vessel, carrying eight fishermen, sank while in the Qiongzhou Strait, still 45 (...)
