Vietnam’s Disaster Management Authority (DMA) reported on 05 June, 2018, that at least 1 person has died and several houses damaged or destroyed by flash floods and landslides triggered by…
LONDON, May 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – What do an Ethiopian coffee grower, a Colombian fisherman and a Vietnamese rice farmer have in common? All three saw their income and…
KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thousands of families on Vietnam’s typhoon-battered coast will receive free storm-proof houses, which can help pull them out of poverty, government and…
With new funds provided by the Government of Canada, WMO and its partners are stepping up efforts to support disaster risk reduction in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Southeast…
Tropical Depression Kirogi made landfall in south eastern Vietnam on 19 November. Although the storm dissipated over land later that day, some central areas of the country have seen heavy…
A researcher at Queen’s University Belfast has been awarded the 2017 Newton Prize in Vietnam for his work designing a wireless communications system which can withstand natural disasters such as…
Tropical Depression Kirogi made landfall in southeastern Vietnam on Nov. 19 and NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the storm as it was dissipating over land. Kirogi made landfall at 1…
The final warning was issued on Tropical depression Haikui on Nov. 12 as it was dissipating due to strong vertical wind shear. NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the storm…
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Philippines and saw the thirtieth tropical cyclone of the northwestern Pacific Ocean typhoon season form. On Nov. 9 at 0454 UTC (Nov. 8…
As predicted, Typhoon Damrey made landfall in south Vietnam on 04 November, 2017, bringing with it extreme rainfall and strong winds with gusts of 90 km/h. Tra My in Quang…
The ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre) has warned that Tropical Storm Damrey will threaten millions of people in Vietnam and Cambodia with extreme rainfall,…
Flooding in Thailand that began around 10 October has continued in several provinces. As of 30 October, as many as 17 provinces were still affected by flooding according to Thailand’s…
The death toll from recent flooding and landslides in Vietnam now stands at 72, the country’s disaster prevention agency reported yesterday, 15 October, 2017. Parts of Thailand have also seen…
Torrential rain brought by a tropical depression has caused landslides and floods in northern and central Vietnam, leaving 37 people dead, 40 missing and 21 injured. The fatalities occurred in…
Disaster officials in Vietnam say that 9 people have died, 4 are still missing and 112 injured after Typhoon Doksuri made landfall on 15 September, 2017. Doksuri has since weakened…
Tropical Cyclone Doksuri tore across central parts of Vietnam on Friday, 15 September, bringing with it strong winds, heavy rain and floods. At least 4 people have died and over…
