In December 1944, a powerful Pacific typhoon struck a US Navy task force during World War II, catching commanders by surprise. Known as Typhoon Cobra, the storm capsized ships, destroyed aircraft, and ...

The forgotten shelter that survived Tacloban’s 1944 superstorm. Not far from today’s ruined shoreline of Tacloban once stood a US naval base that faced another monster storm— long before Supertyphoon ...