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Pacific typhoon season

The World

Take a trip through London at night — with the lights off

Global Scan

Nights during a blackout in a big city offer a scary vision to some. But this new video shows how London’s architecture would be set off by the night sky, if city lights weren’t obscuring the view. Meanwhile, across the Channel, France has decided to pay foreign victims sent to Nazi camps in French trains. And China asks for US help to crack down on corrupt fugitives, in this weekend’s Global Scan.

The Orion capsule

When NASA’s newest spaceship takes off Thursday, it’ll be back to the future

Global Scan
US Navy aid distribution in the Philippines

Philippine President Aquino vows to take care of his people, but many are skeptical

Development & Education
Residents walk along the coastal village while strong winds from Typhoon Haiyan battered Bayog town in Los Banos, Laguna, south of Manila November 8, 2013.

Monster storm Haiyan batters the Philippines

Environment

Philippines picks up pieces after freak typhoon roars across country

Environment

Top of the Hour: Tropical Storm Lee Soaks Gulf Coast, Morning Headlines

Tropical Storm Lee was downgraded to a tropical depression overnight, after dropping more than a foot of rain on parts of the Gulf Coast Region. New Orleans kept above water, but there was flooding in other low-lying communities near the bayous.  

The World

In the Philippines, after the high water

Environment

We talk with Stephen Anderson, head of the World Food Program in the Philippines, and Bing Branigan, Filipina American community liaison for National Federation of Filipino American Associations, about the typhoon and resulting floods.

The World

Philippines brace for second typhoon

Global Politics

Residents of the Philippines are scrambling to prepare for Typhoon Parma. This storm is expected to hit just days after another storm, Typhoon Ketsana, killed more than 200 people. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Glen Marboloc of Oxfam in Manila.