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Malaysia floods force over 9,000 to evacuate

December 27, 2023 | 15:33

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

October 19, 2023 | 09:30

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

October 16, 2023 | 16:43

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

August 04, 2023 | 10:00

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

February 28, 2022 | 09:00

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

January 06, 2021 | 15:25

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

December 21, 2020 | 13:00

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

December 21, 2020 | 08:51

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

October 30, 2020 | 17:20

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

October 24, 2020 | 11:26

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

October 24, 2020 | 11:18

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.

Record flooding kills 84 in central region so far

October 19, 2020 | 10:47

The death toll during recent severe flooding in the central region reached 84 while 38 others were missing as of 6pm of October 18, reported the Office of the Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

Typhoon Nangka to hit mainland on October 14

October 14, 2020 | 08:43

Typhoon Nangka, the seventh in the East Sea so far this year, is moving fast and is forecast to hit the mainland on October 14, a meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control on October 13 heard.

Central steering committee urges continued actions in response to floods in central region

October 12, 2020 | 08:58

The standing office of the central steering committee for natural disaster prevention and control has demanded ministries, sectors and localities continue to focus on dealing with serious flooding in the central region following the Prime Minister’s October 8 dispatch.

PM requests extra efforts to cope with floods in central region

October 09, 2020 | 14:10

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a dispatch requiring that ministries, sectors, and localities focus resources on dealing with floods and heavy rains that had left five dead and six missing in the central region as of the morning of October 8.