Storms kill 7,500 over past 10 years
Natural disasters have killed about 7,500 people in the past 10 years in
Vietnam, according to a conference themed Methods to assess damages
and impacts caused by storms, which will conclude on Nov. 11 in Nha
Trang City in south-central Khanh Hoa province.
Natural disasters have killed about 7,500 people in the past 10 years in
Vietnam, according to a conference themed Methods to assess damages
and impacts caused by storms, which will conclude on Nov. 11 in Nha
Trang City in south-central Khanh Hoa province.
The
four-day conference, which was held by the Storm Committee under the
World Meteorological Organisation and the Natural Centre for
Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, was attended by more than 70 experts
from 13 Asian Pacific countries./.
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