Typhoon Gaemi causes flooding and landslides in the Philippines
Streets flood from monsoon rains worsened by offshore typhoon Gaemi, July 24, 2024, in Manila, Philippines.
Typhoon Gaemi is one of the strongest typhoons to affect the Asia-Pacific region in nearly a decade, and it’s sparked massive evacuations in the Philippines, leaving flooding and landslides in its wake. Also, National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek talks about his walk through northern India. And, the civilian casualties tracking group Airwars has been gathering incident-by-incident documentation of civilians publicly reported killed in Gaza, and found that the figures reported by the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health, since the beginning of the war, have been reliable. Plus, Hong Kong’s government is spending millions on a campaign to get the city’s mojo back.
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