December 13, 2009
Central residents say they need more rescue vessels to save lives during storms. (Photo: SGGP) LookAtVietnam – A shortage of equipment and personnel to cope with the central region’s frequent storms has long afflicted Vietnam. Despite the heroic efforts of residents and officials to help storm-hit communities, experts say there remains a dire lack of [...]
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December 7, 2009
Hydropower plants in the pipeline should be reviewed to avoid adverse impacts on people and the environment, experts said at a conference last Friday. Power pipelines of A Vuong Hydroelectric Plant, one of six projects that have already begun generating power in the southern province of Quang Nam, have destroyed forests and affected local lives.The [...]
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December 1, 2009
Experts have blamed deforestation and impractical zoning plans for the construction of reservoirs for the increasing devastation caused by storms and floods. Workers maintain Ia Tiem reservoir in Chu Se District in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai. Deforestation and impractical zoning plans for the construction of reservoirs are blamed for flood- and storm-caused [...]
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November 11, 2009
Questions are mounting following water discharged from the reservoir of Ba Ha hydro-power plant after typhoon Mirinae. The serious floods that followed covered a vast area, causing serious damages to Phu Yen province. The Ba Ha hydropower plant (photo: VNExpress). On November 2, when storm No. 11 or Mirinae hit the central province of Phu Yen, [...]
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November 2, 2009
Vietnamese authorities ordered evacuations in central and southern coastal provinces as Tropical Storm Mirinae approached the coast. The storm is forecast to make landfall at about 4 p.m. local time as it weakens to a tropical depression.Mirinae was 181 kilometers (112 miles) from Ho Chi Minh City at 7 a.m. local time, with sustained winds [...]
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October 10, 2009
LookAtVietnam – International experts have called for Vietnam to establish a national platform for disaster risk reduction within the next year. Residents navigate by boats on a flooded street after typhoon Ketsana struck the tourist town of Hoi An Margareta Wahlstrom, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, said a “nationally owned [...]
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October 10, 2009
Residents navigate by boats on a flooded street after typhoon Ketsana struck the tourist town of Hoi An International experts have called for Vietnam to establish a national platform for disaster risk reduction within the next year as the effect of climate change loom ever larger on the horizon. Margareta Wahlstrom, the UN Secretary Generalâs [...]
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October 8, 2009
The 800-odd casualties and over VND14 trillion (US$785.85 million) in property loss made Ketsana one of the worst storms to strike Vietnam in 40 years, the national flood and storm control committee has said. The typhoon made landfall on October 10, blasting Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces with winds of up to 133 kilometers [...]
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October 3, 2009
Nguyen The Chan (R) and his son on the debris of his house in Kon Tum Province Typhoon Ketsanaâs death toll in Vietnam reached 122 on Saturday after the National Flood and Storm Control Center recorded 23 three more fatalities caused when the storm battered the central region Tuesday. The number of recorded injuries nearly [...]
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October 2, 2009
At least 99 people died and 14 people went missing when typhoon Ketsana lashed central Vietnam on Tuesday, according to the latest statistics from the National Flood and Storm Control Committee. Major causes included drowning, electrocution, and house collapses, the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control said in a report posted on its website [...]
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