VOV.VN - Educational geography website World Atlas has named Ho Chi Minh City among nine cities which could be underwater by 2030 due to the continued impact of global warming, including intensifying disasters.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) has called on individuals and organisations at home and abroad to support central provinces hit by recent storms and flooding.

VOV.VN - Heavy downpours from around 1 p.m on October 14 to early morning of October 15 submerged many areas in central Vietnam, with Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Thua Thien Hue provinces being under water.

VOV.VN - With a tropical depression in the East Sea being forecast to develop into a storm, central localities have been asked to make thorough preparations in a bid to cope with heavy rains and severe flooding in the next few days.

VOV.VN - Flooding and tidal surges over recent days have wreaked havoc in many localities across the central and southern regions.

VOV.VN - Central Vietnam is experiencing a big spell of heavy rain as a result of the ongoing cold air wave that is prompting floodwaters to swell up and submerge parts of the region.

VOV.VN - Hundreds of houses located in the central province of Quang Nam were left flooded on October 10 following a spell of heavy rain which brought traffic to a standstill and roads were left impassable, thereby isolating several communes in the locality.

VOV.VN - Residents of the mountainous district of Ky Son in the central province of Nghe An have returned home to retrieve their belongings and assess the damage done to the local area following a series of devastating flash floods.

VOV.VN - Heavy rain and severe flooding had left at least eight people dead in central Vietnam, the National Steering Committee on Natural Disasters Prevention and Control reported on October 2 afternoon.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRSC) will send emergency aid worth VND330 million (US$13,830) in cash and kind to help flood victims in the two central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh.