Keyword: "water level"

Floods in southern Thailand have killed at least six people and affected tens of thousands of households, authorities said on December 27.

Local authorities of central Ha Tinh province plan to evacuate more than 45,000 residents living downstream of Ke Go reservoir as the water level is rising.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has directed the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) to prepare solutions in order to ensure electricity supply in 2020, especially in the dry season.

The water level in the Mekong River in Thailand’s northeastern province of Nakhon Phanom is rising by about 60-70cm per day.

The water level in the Mekong River in the northeastern border province of Nakhon Phanom of Thailand is only about 1.5 metres high, possibly the lowest level in almost 100 years, according to local media.

The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) of Thailand is speeding up efforts to mitigate the impacts of drought after water levels in several major reservoirs fell below the levels of last year.

Typhoon Doksuri, said to be the strongest in many years, claimed one life and injured another in the central province of Nghe An, according to preliminary statistics.

Floods in the Mekong Delta are expected to occur earlier this year due to higher than average rainfall, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

As of October 17, more than 100,000 houses and a huge areas of crop were submerged due to widespread flood hitting central provinces of Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri.

Water level in Cai River - the longest one in the central province of Khanh Hoa - has dropped to below the historical record low observed last July.

Salinity in southern rivers will decrease in the first days of the week from April 2-8 and rise again towards the end of the week, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecast.

The water level of Mekong River in Laos has risen gradually for several days, helping ease drought in the country.

The water level of the Mekong River in Thailand’s northeast province of Nong Khai rose to 1.8 metres on March 19, a 27-cm rise after China released water upriver, a Thai irrigation department official

The drought in the Mekong Delta continues to severely affect farms and households in the region, causing water shortages for thousands of families in Long An, Dong Thap, An Giang and Can Tho.