Keyword: "evacuation"

Over 30 rescuers and four trained elephants conducted a large-scale drill in Mae Taeng district to prepare for flash floods and evacuate animals.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on December 13 urged residents affected by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in the central part of the country to comply with local government evacuation orders, as authorities scrambled to evacuate 84,000 people to safety.

Hundreds of Filipinos were evacuated on November 15 to avoid Typhoon Man-yi, which is approaching the Philippines.

Thousands of people in 2,500 villages in northern Philippines were evacuated on November 11 early morning as Typhoon Toraji approached the country.

Philippine authorities on November 7 announced the evacuation of thousands of people from coastal communities ahead of Typhoon Yinxing, just weeks after two other storms caused heavy casualties.

Northern localities are taking drastic actions to cope with the aftermaths of typhoon Yagi and its subsequent heavy rains and flooding.

The Prime Minister recently issued a dispatch requiring ministries, sectors and localities to get prepared for torrential rains in the northern region.

As of December 25, over 9,900 people in Malaysia had been evacuated due to flooding following prolonged rains.

The Philippine authorities on November 22 reported at least one fatality and dozens of others forced to evacuate due to downpours triggered flooding across the central region of this Southeast Asian country.

Vietnamese citizens in Israel are still safe amidst complicated developments in the Middle East, Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang has said.

Floods as a result of prolonged rains between September 16 and October 6 affected 11 provinces in Cambodia, killing at least three people and forcing nearly 2,000 households to evacuate to safer areas, according to the country’s National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM).

Floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains have killed five people and forced the evacuation of around 37,000 others in Myanmar, officials said on August 11.

All Vietnamese nationals in Niger are safe, and the Vietnamese Embassy is actively implementing measures to protect the citizens, according to Nguyen Viet Son, first secretary in charge of consular and citizen protection affairs at the embassy, given the tense situation in the African country following the July 26 military coup.

A Vietnam Airlines flight carrying 287 Vietnamese people leaving Ukraine arrived at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport at noon on March 8.

Given the complicated situation in Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA)’ State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA) on March 2 provided information and contacts for Vietnamese here a bid to assist them during their evacuation to some neighbouring countries.

Nearly 10,000 people fled their homes in the northeastern Philippines as heavy rain across the country caused widespread and severe flooding, leaving at least eight people dead, authorities said on December 20.

Philippine authorities on October 31 ordered the evacuation of thousands of residents in the southern part of Luzon island as storm Goni, the world’s strongest this year, is approaching the country.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on October 27 urged the prompt evacuation of residents from coastal, low-lying, tourism, and landslide-prone areas in the central region as Storm Molave is forecast to make landfall on the morning of October 28.

With Storm Molave set to make landfall in the central region in the next few hours, localities are taking measures to protect life and assets.

The Philippines evacuated nearly 1,800 people and suspended sea travel as tropical storm Molave was expected to bring widespread rains over two regions on the southern part of the main island of Luzon on October 25.