December 19, 2011
Residents wade through floodwaters among the debris of destroyed houses in Cagayan de Oroon, after tropical storm Washi swept the southern Philippines. The Philippines prepared for mass burials of flash-flood victims Monday to minimize the health risk from rotting cadavers after a disaster that has left many hundreds dead or missing. Hard-pressed authorities in [...]
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December 12, 2011
Rice exports from Vietnam, the second-largest shipper, reached a record level, boosting supply at a time when floods and government policies may reduce flows from Thailand, the largest exporter. Shipments totaled 6.84 million metric tons in the year through Dec. 8, the Vietnam Food Association said today. That’s more than the 6.75 million tons [...]
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November 19, 2011
An undated file photo taken at the Toyota Vietnam plant. Toyota President Akio Toyoda said last week the company isn’t considering reducing investment in Thailand. Japanese companies, Thailand’s biggest foreign investors, may spend more to build factories in neighbors including Indonesia and Vietnam after the worst flooding in 70 years disrupted global production. “Executives recognize [...]
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November 19, 2011
The fact that Bangkok is struggling with the worst flooding in at least half a century should be a major wake up call for Vietnamese authorities. Ho Chi Minh City is almost in the same position as the Thai capital. Just like Bangkok, the southern metro is located downstream of a big river, the [...]
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November 6, 2011
Floods caused by torrential rains have killed at least six people in the central region in the past two days. On November 4, floods swept away four people who were driving their motorbikes on a bridge in Nong Son District, Quang Nam Province. The bodies of Nguyen Thi Bich Thuy, 43, and her six-year-old [...]
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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 16, 2011
Villagers built a wooden bridge in a flooded temple complex in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok October 16, 2011. Floods swamped another industrial estate in central Thailand on Sunday and threatened a bigger one just outside the capital, Bangkok, which has so far escaped the worst despite heavy monsoon rain and water streaming [...]
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