Flooding greatly impacts Thai economy

Flooding greatly impacts Thai economy

Thailand has been struggling with the onslaught of excessively heavy rains and floods in several northern provinces, which has caused huge economic losses.
Thailand plans to hold talks with Myanmar to prevent cross-border flooding

Thailand plans to hold talks with Myanmar to prevent cross-border flooding

Thailand plans to hold discussions between its water resources management agencies and relevant agencies of Myanmar to tackle the common problem of flooding, as part of efforts to prevent a repeat of the devastating flooding that struck the two countries last week, an official has said.
At least 132 killed in Sudan flooding: health ministry

At least 132 killed in Sudan flooding: health ministry

At least 132 people have died in war-torn Sudan as a result of flooding and heavy rains this year, the health ministry said Monday.
PM urges prompt actions to settle consequences of northern flooding

PM urges prompt actions to settle consequences of northern flooding

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 10 signed an official dispatch asking relevant agencies and localities to focus on overcoming the consequences of floods and actively respond to natural disasters in northern mountainous and midland areas.
Malaysia floods force over 9,000 to evacuate

Malaysia floods force over 9,000 to evacuate

As of December 25, over 9,900 people in Malaysia had been evacuated due to flooding following prolonged rains.
PM urges preparedness as tropical depression strengthens into storm

PM urges preparedness as tropical depression strengthens into storm

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has recently issued an official dispatch requesting preparations in response to a tropical depression which is likely to strengthen into a storm and cause flooding.
Myanmar closes over 200 schools due to floods

Myanmar closes over 200 schools due to floods

Myanmar’s Ministry of Education on October 13 announced that a total of 268 schools in Bago region in the south of the country were closed due to serious flooding.
Laos warns of heavy-rain-induced landslide, flooding risks

Laos warns of heavy-rain-induced landslide, flooding risks

Rain has been falling steadily in recent days, inundating hundreds of hectares of farmland and affecting thousands of families in the central Lao province of Savannnakhet, the Lao Meteorology and Hydrology Department has announced.
Thousands of people in Malaysia displaced by floods

Thousands of people in Malaysia displaced by floods

About 12,000 people in Malaysia had to evacuate from their homes after heavy rain caused flooding in the country's northern states on weekends, reported local media.
Malaysian villagers escape floods on excavator as 28,000 evacuated

Malaysian villagers escape floods on excavator as 28,000 evacuated

Malaysian villagers were evacuated in an excavator while others swam through deep waters Wednesday as the number forced from their homes by floods rose to more than 28,000 with at least four dead.
Philippines: thousands evacuate over serious flooding

Philippines: thousands evacuate over serious flooding

Nearly 10,000 people fled their homes in the northeastern Philippines as heavy rain across the country caused widespread and severe flooding, leaving at least eight people dead, authorities said on December 20.
Prime Minister directs provision of seeds to flood-hit provinces

Prime Minister directs provision of seeds to flood-hit provinces

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has instructed the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to provide seeds free of charge to four central provinces hard hit by flood this year, to help the localities restore agricultural production.
Nghe An province evacuates residents as flooding worsens

Nghe An province evacuates residents as flooding worsens

Heavy rains caused by Storm Molave triggered flooding in Nghe An province. The locality in central Vietnam has urgently evacuated its residents as flooding was worsening.
Airlines, railway ramp up activities to support flood-hit provinces

Airlines, railway ramp up activities to support flood-hit provinces

Vietnamese carriers and the railway sector have carried out a wide range of activities to support central localities where people are suffering heavy losses from devastating floods.
Minister directs coping with storm, flooding in central region

Minister directs coping with storm, flooding in central region

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has asked ministries, agencies and localities to seriously follow directions of the Secretariat, Prime Minister and head of the Central Steering Committee on Disaster Prevention and Control on response to the eighth storm and overcoming consequences of flooding in the central region.
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