Keyword: "disaster"

The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) announced that its units have resumed electricity supply to 98% or more than 5.98 million customers who suffer from power outage due to Typhoon Yagi.

In response to the severe flooding in northern provinces, the nation has rallied, embodying the spirit of "the good leaves protect the worn-out ones." Relief supplies, filled with warmth and care, have poured into the region, providing much-needed support.

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has dispatched a team of six experts from the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit to Vietnam and earmark 1 million CHF (about 1.1 million USD) to support people affected by Typhoon Yagi in this Southeast Asian country.

Intense efforts are underway to search and rescue victims of the severe flash flood and landslide in LangNu village, Phuc Khanh commune, Bao Yen district, Lao Cai province. As of 9:25 a.m. on September 12, the death toll in the disaster is 46, the number of injured is 17; 55 people are still missing, while 46 people have been confirmed safe.

Indonesian authorities said that heavy rains caused floods and landslides in West Sumatra, Indonesia, leaving 19 people dead, 7 missing, and forcing the evacuation of more than 70,000.

At least 11 people were injured when a rain-induced landslide buried two buses picking up workers from a gold mine in the southern Philippines, officials said on February 7.

The National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, in coordination with the Australian Embassy in Vietnam and related partners, held a ceremony in response to the International Day for Disaster Reduction and ASEAN Day for Disaster Management at Bai Chay Primary and Secondary School in the northern province of Quang Ninh’s Ha Long city on October 13.

At least 10 people have been killed and several others went missing in a landslide that occurred in Indonesia’s western province of Riau Islands on March 6, the National Disaster Management Agency said.

A team from the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) has immediately begun search and rescue efforts in Haci Omer Alpagot commune, Antakya city, Hatay province of Turkey, after their arrival in the locality in the afternoon of February 14.

Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos on November 2 declared disaster status of four areas affected by storm Nalgae.

At least five people died and about 70 others were reportedly missing following landslides at a gold mine in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province on February 24 afternoon.

Thailand has marked the 14th anniversary of the tsunami that ravaged six provinces along the Andaman Sea as well as countries throughout the region.

At least five people were killed and dozens others wounded as multiple earthquakes again rocked Lombok island in Indonesia on August 19, reported Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesperson of the Indonesian National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB).

The Lao Government will work with countries whose companies are stakeholders in the Sepien-Senamnoi hydropower project to investigate the cause of the dam break, said Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith on July 29.

Mudslides and flooding triggered by typhoon Tembin killed 208 people and left 164 missing in southern Philippines as of afternoon of December 24, two days after the storm swept through Mindanao island.

At least eight miners were killed and eight others injured following a landslide on the slopes of Mount Merapi volcano on Indonesia’s Java island on December 18.

The Government of Laos has provided 20 tonnes of rice and a tonne of dried pork and beef in aid for people hit by Typhoon Damrey in the central coastal province of Phu Yen.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung asked local authorities and people to fully grasp disaster and incident situation to stay ready for response.

Tropical storm Sonca has wrecked havoc on vast areas in the northeast of Thailand with increasingly serious flooding.

Torrential rain will continue in the northern mountainous region until July 15, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.