Localities in the northern Luzon Island and central part of the Philippines are forecast to experience heavy rains with a high risk of flooding and landslides although Typhoon Mawar has weakened while heading to the Southeast Asian country, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).
In anticipation of this year’s flood and storm season, farmers living in flood-prone area have been relocated to a higher area in Cat Nhon commune, Phu Cat district, the south-central coastal province of Binh Dinh.
Seventy-nine garment factories in Kampong Speu and Kandal provinces and Phnom Penh have been affected by flooding, and at least 40 of them have temporarily suspended their operations, the Phnom Penh Post quoted the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training spokesman Heng Sour as saying.
Natural disasters have taken a heavy toll on the north-central province of Thanh Hoa over recent years. To be more resilient to the disasters this year, the province has been repairing and upgrading dykes and other irrigation systems as the rainy season is just around the corner.
The trade union of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on July 2 presented 500 schoolbags that can be used as lifebuoys to local students in flood-prone areas.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Steering Centre for the Urban Flood Control Programme has sought the People’s Committee’s approval to build five more underground reservoirs using Japanese Crosswave technology to prevent floods in the city.
The first five houses under a programme on building disaster-proof houses for people in flood-prone areas were handed over to families in the Mekong Delta provinces of Ben Tre and Ca Mau on May 15 and 16.
Poor households in the Mekong Delta provinces of Ca Mau and Ben Tre will be provided with disaster-resilient houses funded by Tan Dai Hung Plastic JSC.
Malaysia will spend half a billion ringgit (112 million USD) on various projects to mitigate flood consequences around the country, the national news agency Bernama quoted Natural Resources and Environment Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar as saying on January 1.
The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh plans to evacuate 2,138 households from the areas prone to landslides and floods with a total investment of 2 trillion VND from now to 2025.
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