October 26, 2011
Bangkok’s second airport shut down Tuesday as floodwaters advanced into the Thai capital, forcing authorities in “crisis mode” to declare a five-day public holiday in preparation for the deluge. The cabinet ordered an October 27-31 holiday for Bangkok and 20 other provinces affected by the kingdom’s worst flooding in decades, amid warnings a high [...]
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October 23, 2011
Thailand's prime minister warned Saturday the kingdom will endure weeks more flooding, telling anxious Bangkok residents to prepare for possible metre-deep water as the inundation spread. Thai troops on Sunday reinforced vulnerable barriers along Bangkok’s Chao Phraya river after a sudden rise in the water level set back efforts to contain the worst floods in [...]
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October 22, 2011
A photo taken on October 18 shows houses submerged by flood waters in Tan Hoa District, Quang Binh Province Devastating floods in Vietnam’s central and southern regions have killed at least 59 people and forced thousands of people to flee their homes, the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control reported Wednesday. Seasonal flooding [...]
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October 21, 2011
 Thai people wade through floodwaters in the inundated Ban Bua Thong district of suburban Bangkok on October 20, 2011. Millions of jittery Bangkok residents were warned Friday to move their belongings higher up after the government admitted it was failing in its battle to hold back huge floods just north of the city. In [...]
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October 15, 2011
Thailand’s premier reassured Bangkok’s 12 million residents over a looming flood crisis, after an evacuation false alarm briefly sparked panic and people stockpiled food and water. Thailand fought to hold back floodwaters flowing towards Bangkok Saturday as a spring tide hindered efforts to protect the city of 12 million people from the kingdom’s worst inundation [...]
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October 7, 2011
This picture, taken on October 5, shows a Vietnamese farmer showing a damaged sheaf of rice at his flooded rice field in Vinh Dien Commune, Giang Thanh District, Kien Giang Province of Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Massive floods have ravaged vast swathes of Asia’s rice bowl, threatening to further drive up food prices and adding to [...]
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June 4, 2011
The bus was swept away by flood waters into the Lam river, killing 20 people on October 18, 2010. A court in central Vietnam on Thursday sentenced a bus driver to 7 years in jail for crashing the bus into a flooded river, which led to the deaths of 20 passengers last year. Tran Van [...]
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April 20, 2011
A flooded street in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. A heavy downpour on Monday night left local streets flooded and congested Tuesday morning. A heavy downpour on Monday night left Ho Chi Minh City streets flooded and congested Tuesday morning. Water did not recede in the low areas in Binh Thanh District, causing [...]
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December 20, 2010
Yi Jin Seok (2nd R), Managing Director of the Korean National Oil Corporation, hands off the company’s donation to Thanh Nien representatives, who then distributed the funds to Central flood victims. The Korean National Oil Corporation (KNOC) donated VND300 million to people in the Central region suffering from continuous and devastating flooding during the past [...]
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December 11, 2010
A ground breaking ceremony to build houses for flood victims in Quang Ngai Province Another flood has hit the central region of Vietnam. Though the central coast has avoided the usual rounds of typhoons, however, floods have slammed the region like never before. Four rounds of floods have pummeled the coast since the end of [...]
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