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A farm house is surrounded by flooded fields from tropical storm Florence in Hyde County, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

2 storms, Florence and Mangkhut, different as water and wind

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Residents walk along destroyed stalls at a public market due to strong winds as Typhoon Mangkhut barreled across Tuguegrao city in Cagayan province, northeastern Philippines on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. The typhoon slammed into the Philippines northeastern coast early Saturday, it's ferocious winds and blinding rain ripping off tin roof sheets and knocking out power, and plowed through the agricultural region at the start of the onslaught. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Typhoon aims at south China after killing 28 in Philippines

By AARON FAVILA and JOEAL CALUPITAN - Associated Press

A member of the Philippine Air Force stands in front of a satellite image of Typhoon Mangkhut, locally named Typhoon Ompong, at the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council operations center in metropolitan Manila, Philippines on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Philippine officials have begun evacuating thousands of people in the path of the most powerful typhoon this year, closing schools and readying bulldozers for landslides. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Monster typhoon barrels closer to north Philippines, China

By Aaron Favila and Joeal Calupitan - Associated Press

Filipino forecaster Meno Mendoza illustrates the path of Typhoon Mangkhut, locally named &quot;Typhoon Ompong&quot; as it approaches the Philippines with sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour (127 miles per hour) and gusts of up to 255 kph (158 mph), at the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration in metropolitan Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Philippine officials say they plan to evacuate thousands of villagers, shut down schools and offices and scramble to harvest rice and corn as the most powerful typhoon so far this year menacingly roars toward the country's north. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines starts massive evacuations as huge typhoon nears

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Filipino forecaster Meno Mendoza illustrates the path of Typhoon Mangkhut, locally named &quot;Typhoon Ompong&quot; as it approaches the Philippines with sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour (127 miles per hour) and gusts of up to 255 kph (158 mph), at the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration in metropolitan Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Philippine officials say they plan to evacuate thousands of villagers, shut down schools and offices and scramble to harvest rice and corn as the most powerful typhoon so far this year menacingly roars toward the country's north. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Strongest typhoon this year closes in on north Philippines

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

43 suspects in deadly Philippine bombings face criminal raps

Associated Press

Philippine opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, left, is interviewed by the media inside his office where he remains holed up Friday, Sept. 7, 2018 in the Philippine Senate in suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines. Trillanes took refuge in the legislature to avoid an arrest order by President Rodrigo Duterte four days ago and has asked the Supreme Court to declare the move illegal. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Duterte: Defiant senator won’t be arrested without warrant

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippine opposition Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV presides over a committee hearing on Civil Service Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018 in suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte voided an amnesty given to the former rebel military officer, who has been elected senator and is now one of his fiercest critics, and ordered his arrest in a move opponents call illegal and a part of a political crackdown. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Duterte voids amnesty of critical senator, orders his arrest

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2018, file photo provided by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine Navy ship BRP Gregorio del Pilar is seen after it ran aground during a routine patrol in the vicinity of Half Moon Shoal, which is called Hasa Hasa in the Philippines, off the disputed Spratlys Group of islands in the South China Sea. Two Philippine security officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, that tugboats were used to pull the BRP Gregorio del Pilar from the shallow fringes of Half Moon Shoal before midnight. The frigate ran aground during a routine patrol Wednesday night, damaging some of its propellers. It's more than 100 crewmen were unhurt. (Armed Forces of the Philippines via AP, File)

Philippines extricates warship from South China Sea shoal

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

In the Sept. 1, 2018 photo, Japan's helicopter carrier J JS Kaga stops at Subic port in Zambales province, the Philippines. The Japanese navy’s largest ship has joined up with the USS Ronald Regan aircraft carrier strike group for joint exercises in the South China Sea, the latest sign of Japan’s increased presence in the region on which it depends for much of its foreign trade. Joined by two guided missile destroyers, JS Kaga is on a southern cruise that includes port calls in India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines. (Kyodo News via AP)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By CHRISTOPOHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, stands next to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during their meeting in Jerusalem on Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

Duterte calls Hitler ‘insane’ at Israeli Holocaust memorial

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine Navy ship BRP Gregorio del Pilar is seen after it ran aground during a routine patrol Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in the vicinity of Half Moon Shoal, which is called Hasa Hasa in the Philippines, off the disputed Spratlys Group of islands in the South China Sea, adding that its crew was unhurt, the military said. Two officials say Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, the Philippines has notified China about a Philippine navy frigate that ran aground in the South China Sea to avoid any misunderstanding because the incident happened near a hotly disputed region. The barren shoal is on the eastern edge of the disputed Spratly archipelago. (Armed Forces of the Philippines via AP)

Philippines informs China of grounded frigate amid sea feud

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

In this file photo, U.S. Marines prepare to board the U.S. Navy LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushion) vehicle following the joint U.S.-Philippines naval exercise, dubbed Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), Monday, June 30, 2014 at the Naval Education and Training Center at San Antonio township, Zambales province in northwestern Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) **FILE**

U.S., Philippine forces launch search for missing Marine

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Butcher quits Philippines before first game

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 21, 2017, file photo, Chinese structures and buildings on the man-made Subi Reef at the Spratlys group of islands are seen from the Thitu Island off the South China Sea. The Philippines has expressed concern to China over an increasing number of Chinese radio messages warning Philippine aircraft and ships to stay away from newly fortified islands and other territories in the South China Sea claimed by both countries, officials said Monday, July 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Philippines raises concern over Chinese radio warnings

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Government forces inspect the site of an explosion in Lamitan, Basilan province, southern Philippines on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. A soldier, five militiamen and four villagers were killed by the powerful bomb that exploded in a van the troops were inspecting Tuesday amid threats of bombings in a southern province, military officials said. (AP Photo/Christine Garcia)

Powerful bomb in van kills at least 11 in south Philippines

Associated Press

Duterte OKs bill creating Muslim autonomous region in south

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 15, 2016, file photo, a picture of Berta Caceres sits on an altar in her honor during a demonstration outside Honduras' embassy in Mexico City. Activists demanded justice after the murder of Caceres, a Lenca Indian activist who won the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize for her role in fighting a dam project. She was shot dead by two men on March 3. Global Witness said Tuesday, July 24, 2018 that at least 207 people who were protecting land and resources from business interests were slain last year. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

More than 200 land activists slain last year, watchdog finds

By PETER ORSI and SARAH DiLORENZO - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, June 11, 2018, file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while addressing the crowd at the 120th Philippine Independence Day celebrations south of Manila, Philippines. Duterte, notorious for having insulted the pope and former U.S. President Barack Obama, has sparked outrage for calling God "stupid" in Asia's bastion of Catholicism. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine president, slammed for calling God ‘stupid’

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Philippines protests China seizure of Filipinos’ fish catch

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press