Tag: flooding
Hue hit by prolonged period of heavy rain
VOV.VN - Heavy downpours lasting for several days have inundated many areas throughout the city of Hue in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, leaving many places submerged and thousands of homes flooded, with four people dead and one missing.
Government chief orders sustained efforts to respond to floods, seventh storm
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued an urgent telegram requiring that ministries, sectors, and localities focus resources on dealing with the consequences of floods and heavy rain, and coping with, storm Nangka, the seventh storm this year, and tropical depressions.
Red Cross delivers aid to flood hit localities
VOV.VN - The Vietnam Red Cross Society Central Committee said it has offered relief aid worth over VND476 million to flood-hit households in the central provinces of Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Quang Nam.
Floods claim 17 lives in central Vietnam
VOV.VN - Floods caused by torrential rain in central Vietnam over the past few days have left 17 dead and 11 missing, while a new tropical low depression is coming near.
Severe floods hit central localities
Rising flood level in Ben Hai, Hieu, Thach Han and O Lau rivers in the central province of Quang Tri killed one locals and affected 39,700 households as of October 11 morning, reported the provincial Steering Committee for National Disaster Prevention and Control.
Storm Linfa moves further inland, weakening into tropical depression
VOV.VN - Storm Linfa, the sixth to form in the East Sea this year, on the morning of October 11 made landfall in the central provinces of Quang Nam and Quang Ngai and weakened into a tropical depression, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.
Central Vietnam forecast to receive further rain until October 14
VOV.VN - With the nation’s central region enduring plenty of losses and severe damage from rising flooding caused by heavy rainfall, conditions are expected to worsen in the coming days with more rain set to fall until October 14.
Central region inundated with serious flooding following spell of prolonged rain
VOV.VN - Vietnam's central region has been hit by severe flooding after long periods of torrential rain have led to rising water levels, resulting in many homes of local people being left submerged.
Four killed, eight missing as heavy rain hits central and central highlands regions
VOV.VN - Four people have died whilst a further eight people have gone missing in the central and central highlands regions after a period of historic rainfall caused severe flooding which damaged roads, caused landslides, and disrupted the flow of traffic along major routes.
PM says people’s safety a priority as central Vietnam devastated by floods
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called on central provinces to take all emergency measures necessary to safeguard the lives of local residents and to minimise human and property losses as rising floodwaters caused by a spell of heavy rain continues to batter the region.
