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Floods following downpours triggered by a tropical depression over the last few days had killed seven people and left four others missing in the central province of Thanh Hoa by 17:00 on October 11.

Torrential rains have caused breached dykes, landslides, house collapses and flooding almost everywhere in the central region.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has assigned the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to work with other ministries and localities concerned to build a master plan on prevention and control of natural disasters for mountainous areas.

A tropical depression on July 23 afternoon intensified into the fourth storm in the East Sea so far this year, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

El Nino, which is forecast to last until the end of 2017, will cause drought and salinity intrusion in many areas of the country during the dry season.

Typhoon Nock-ten, the 10th storm to hit the East Sea in 2016, will gradually abate in the next 12 hours, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Provinces and cities along the central and southern coast are taking preventive measures in anticipation of a tropical pressure moving southeast towards the coast.

Northern central provinces are making utmost efforts to deal with severe floods that have led to widespread damage over the last few days.

Torrential rains after a low tropical depression made impact have devastated the central provinces of Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue.

Storm Dianmu, the third so far this year, has caused losses to the northern mainland of Vietnam after it made landfall on August 19 afternoon.

Storm Dianmu hit the northern mainland of Vietnam in the afternoon of August 19 with sustained winds of up to 60-90km per hour.

Storm Dianmu, the third of this year, is forecast to roll into the coast from northern Hai Phong city to Ninh Binh province at around 10 am of August 19, with the strongest winds of 75-100km per hour.

Chairman of the People’s Committee of the province of Lai Chau Do Ngoc An on August 16 urged relevant bodies to be prepared for potential rain and flooding from an upcoming tropical depression.

A tropical depression east of the Philippines will grow into a storm in the next few hours and roll into the East Sea soon, said the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

A tropical depression developed in the east of the Philippines may intensify into a storm and enter the East Sea in the next few days.

Typhoon Mirinae, the first storm to hit the East Sea, brought heavy rains and floods to the north of Vietnam.

The Prime Minister on July 27 ordered the administrations of northern localities and the northern central province of Thanh Hoa, and relevant agencies to promptly brace for Typhoon Mirinae.

President of the Philippines Benigno Aquino III declared a state of national calamity after the country suffered a week of heavy rains and severe flooding following Typhoon Melor, claiming 35 lives.

A new tropical storm, locally called “Onyok”, is heading to the southern part of the Philippines on December 18, local authorities said on December 17.

The number of people killed by super typhoon Koppu in the Philippines rose to 47.