Washington Post: The super typhoon that tore through the Philippines and left a feared five-figure death toll bore down on central Vietnam on Sunday, already ranking as one of Asia's most damaging natural disasters in recent decades.
Survivors from a devastated chain of Filipino islands described a typhoon that had much the look of a tsunami, bringing waves as high as two-story buildings that noisily ground buildings into pulp. Though the storm blazed through on Friday, a partial picture of the damage is only...