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Added on the 29/07/2018 07:27:12 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A tropical storm slams into Japan's main island, bringing violent gusts and downpours. Although downgraded from a typhoon, Lan still roared in from the Pacific, packing gusts up to 144 kilometres (90 miles) per hour on its approach to the commercial hubs of Osaka and Kobe. IMAGES
People evacuate buildings as a powerful earthquake struck off the southern coast of Indonesia's heavily populated Java island, according to country's disaster agency, which warning that it could generate a tsunami. IMAGES
A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, killing at least three people and damaging nearly 200 pagodas in the famous ancient capital of Bagan, officials say. IMAGES
Images from the town of Yufuin, in Japan's Oita Prefecture, as Typhoon Shanshan hits the country with torrential rain and strong winds. The typhoon is Japan's most powerful this year and one of the strongest at landfall in recent decades. IMAGES
Members of a rescue team search for survivors in a damaged building in Hualien. At least seven people were killed and more than 700 injured Wednesday by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that damaged dozens of buildings and prompted tsunami warnings that extended to Japan and the Philippines before being lifted. IMAGES