• Super Typhoon Bopha hits the Philippines with 160 mph winds, 40 dead or missing

    AFP - Getty Images

    Residents brave heavy rains next to a tilted electric post after Typhoon Bopha hit the city of Tagum, Davao del Norter province, on the southern island of Mindanao on Dec. 4.

    Erwin Mascarinas / EPA

    Filipinos sift through their belongings outside their house damaged by Typhoon Bopha in Butuan City, southern Philippines, Dec. 4.

    By NBC News staff and wire reports

    The strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year pounded the southern island of Mindanao on Tuesday and about 40 people were dead or missing, media said, after the storm destroyed homes and brought down power and communication lines.

    Typhoon Bopha made landfall at dawn, uprooting trees and tearing off roofs. The Weather Channel said the storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 160 mph and was the equivalent of a category five hurricane.

    About 40 people were killed or missing in flash floods and landslides near a mining area on Mindanao, ABS-CBN television reported, saying waters and soil had swept through an army post. Continue reading.

     

    AFP - Getty Images

    A boy rides on a makeshift raft made from a banana tree as he makes his way to his flooded home after heavy rans and strong winds brought about by Typhoon Bopha hit Pantukan town, Compostela Valley province on the southern island of Mindanao on Dec. 4.

    Karlos Manlupig / AFP - Getty Images

    A girl cleans a religious statue of mud after landslides hit her home due to heavy rains brought about by Typhoon Bopha in Compostela town, Compostela Valley province, on the southern island of Mindanao on Dec. 4.

    Karlos Manlupig / AP

    A dog is chained near a damaged house after Typhoon Bopha made a landfall in Compostela Valley in southeastern Philippines on Dec. 4. A Philippine governor says at least 33 villagers and soldiers have drowned when torrents of water dumped by the powerful typhoon rushed down a mountain, engulfing the victims and bringing the death toll from the storm to about 40.

    At least 40 people are feared dead or missing as Typhoon Bopha, the strongest storm this year, slams the southern Philippines. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

    Related content:

  • Ernesto downgraded to tropical storm

    Reuters

    Residents walk past swaying palm trees following the passing of Hurricane Ernesto in Mahahual, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo on Aug. 8.

    Hurricane Ernesto was downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall on Aug. 8, 2012. The storm has top sustained winds of 45 miles per hour, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Read More

    Reuters

    A damaged gas station stands after the passing of tropical storm Ernesto in Mahahual, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo on Aug. 8.

    NOAA via Getty Images

    Tropical Storm Ernesto moves west over land in the Yucatan peninsula on Aug. 8 in Mexico.

    •Sign up for the NBCNews.com Photos Newsletter

  • Tropical Storm Beryl soaks Memorial Day in Florida, Georgia

    Kelly Jordan / AP

    Winnie Pajcic, 9, holds on to a railing as she leans back in the wind during a visit to Stockton Park in Ortega, Fla., in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Beryl on May 28.

    Kelly Jordan / AP

    Sean Frechette and Connor Sidman skim board around Memorial Park in Riverside, Fla., in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Beryl on May 28.

    Kelly Jordan / AP

    Wes Akers inspects damage on a home in Avondale, Fla., caused by a downed tree in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Beryl.

    Tropical Storm Beryl left little damage after sweeping ashore with 70 mph winds around midnight Sunday at Jacksonville, Fla., before it was downgraded to a tropical depression and continued to dump rain near the Georgia-Florida state line.

    Tropical depression Beryl is drenching parts of Florida and Georgia. The Weather Channel's Mike Seidel reports.

    •Sign up for the msnbc.com Photos Newsletter

  • Nasa / Handout/EPA

    Image made August 13 and released September 1 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of then Tropical Storm Katia, which has since become a hurricane as seen from the International Space Station and photographed by one of the Expedition 28 crew. The storm, which is the second hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, is currently a category 1 storm but is expected to strengthen considerably but it is too early to determine what landfall the storm will make if any. Two Russian spacecraft, a Progress and a Soyuz, can be seen parked at the orbital outpost on the left side of the image.

    Katia weakens back to tropical storm — for now

    By Rich Shulman

    With the Gulf coast bracing for 20 inches of rain, this could really be a one-two punch. Full story.

  • Some Texans surf, some prepare as Tropical Storm Don approaches

    David J. Phillip / AP

    Collin Roche walks out into the Gulf of Mexico to surf as Tropical Storm Don approaches the Texas Gulf Coast on July 29, in North Padre Island, Texas.

    David J. Phillip / AP

    A surfer rides a wave in the Gulf of Mexico as Tropical Storm Don approaches on July 29.

    Jesse Mendoza / Valley Morning Star via AP

    Cameron County Public Works employees distribute sandbags for local residents on July 29 in San Benito, Texas. As Tropical Storm Don crawled through the Gulf of Mexico, South Texas braced for long-awaited rain and what some saw as a practice run for storms to come. Almost all of Texas is in extreme drought, and Don's few inches of rain won't cure that, but at this point any moisture is appreciated.

    Jesse Mendoza / Valley Morning Star via AP

    Jehu Salas, an employee at Colin DME, a medical supply business stocks up on sand bags as pre-cautionary measures as Tropical Storm Don approaches the Texas coast on July 29.

    Yvette Vela / AP

    A queue of automobiles forms on the Queen Isabella Causeway as San Padre, Texas residents move in land to avoid Tropical Storm Don on July 29.

     Read and watch more about Tropical Storm Don here.