A late-season hurricane tore through parts of Central America on Sunday as floods and landslides killed at least 124 in El Salvador, where the president declared a state of emergency, and thousands were left homeless in Nicaragua.
Heavy rains and flooding caused by Hurricane Ida killed at least 91 people in El Salvador, according to government officials, as the storm gathered strength after re-entering the Caribbean Sea.
Typhoon Mirinae has killed at least one person as it smashed through the Philippines overnight, worsening floods in areas that were struggling to recover from recent deadly storms.
Hurricane Rick has strengthened into an "extremely dangerous" Category Four storm threatening Mexico's Pacific coast, the US National Hurricane Center has warned.
Typhoon Ketsana has killed 162 in Vietnam while hundreds more have been injured or made homeless, local officials said on Sunday. The Red Cross has launched an appeal to help more than 200,000 of the neediest storm victims.
The first Atlantic hurricane of the season, Bill, has strengthened into a category 4 hurricane. Large swells will begin to hit the Antilles on Wednesday, then the Bahamas and the south-eastern US mainland on Friday and Saturday.
The first Atlantic hurricane of the season, Bill, has strengthened into a category 3 hurricane but is expected to miss the US coastline as it veers north.
Hurricane Bill could be the first major storm of the hurricane season to hit the US mainland, as it grew in intensity over the Atlantic Ocean. Two other storms, Claudette and Ana, are still being closely monitored.
After weathering days of criticism of his administration, Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou apologised on Saturday for the government's slow response to the devastation caused by Typhoon Morakot amid fears the disaster's death toll could reach 500.
