The deadly typhoon has moved away from the Philippines, and is now bearing down on Hong Kong.
Rescuers are searching for survivors after the vessel travelling from the mainland to a popular tourist destination caught fire.
Emergency teams were still searching for at least 86 missing people in the waters off the coast of Coron, in the Philippines.
Police say they hope the drill will help prepare students, as concern grows over the increase in school shootings in South East Asia.
Chandika Shrestha was airlifted to hospital after spending more than 10 days in her partially buried house.
There are still hundreds of workers trapped in a network of tunnels that run along the Trishuli river.
Rescuers pull two people from a hydropower tunnel more than a week after a massive flash flood devastated the Nepal-China border.
BBC South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri is in Nepal where authorities are trying to begin rebuilding amid the debris.
Galaxy Robot Park is a 16,500-square-meter venue in South Korea, with attractions including humanoid robots dancing to K-pop hits.
South Asian correspondent Azadeh Moshiri is at the site of a tunnel where rescuers still hope to find survivors following the Nepal-Tibet floods.
BBC South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri spoke to a local, who is still waiting for his his wife's body to be retrieved, as rescue efforts continue.
Helicopter pilot, Bibek Khadka, has told the BBC that families with missing loved ones have been reaching out to him for help.
The BBC's Jonathan Head looks at the historical echoes of US troops arriving in Pattaya, a beach resort famous for its racy bars.
The BBC's Tokyo correspondent Kurumi Mori tries Japan's latest food trend, instant noodles made using cold water.
Wildfires in Indonesia have destroyed part of the natural habitat of hundreds of orangutans, risking the survival of the species.
The BBC reports from Sano Barkhu, a village overlooking the town of Syfrubesi, which was destroyed by the Nepal flooding.
Rescue dogs searched for flood victims in Tibet while authorities worked through the night at a Nepal power plant where hundreds are missing.
A 17-year-old boy has gone viral for wearing a superhero costume while volunteer firefighting in Indonesia, as the country faces a super El Niño.
Thousands in Nepal are still waiting to be rescued, but unpredictable weather is making such operations increasingly difficult.
Footage of the flash floods have become almost impossible to find on China’s heavily censored internet.
A 97-year-old woman, Guna Maya Bohara, survived the flash floods and was rescued using an excavator.
