Posts Tagged ‘ Heavy Rain ’

Agencies pass the buck in Vietnam’s deadly boat accident 

May 27, 2011
Agencies pass the buck in Vietnam’s deadly boat accident 

The boat, which sank in the southern province of Binh Duong last Friday, killing 16, floats on the Saigon River after being recovered Saturday. A meeting was held in the southern province of Binh Duong Wednesday to review a tourist boat accident that killed 16 people last week, but no agency has accepted responsibility.   [...]

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Lightning kills two, injures three in central Vietnam 

May 24, 2011

  Lightning accompanying a heavy rain killed two and injured three others in the central province of Quang Nam Sunday.   One of the victims, Nguyen Tan Thuan, 35, was killed on the spot while he was doing farming, according to local authorities.   Dang Hung, 40, died on his way to the hospital after [...]

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Relief as Australia mops up from giant cyclone 

February 3, 2011
Relief as Australia mops up from giant cyclone 

A satellite image obtained from the US Naval Research Laboratory shows Cyclone Yasi approaching the coast of Australia on February 2, 2011. Australians voiced relief and surprise after one of the world’s most powerful cyclones spared the nation’s northeast coast from expected devastation on Thursday, with no reported deaths despite winds tearing off roofs and [...]

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Out-of-season bad weather kills two and sinks many boats

January 21, 2010
Out-of-season bad weather kills two and sinks many boats

An out-of-season tropical depression entered the mainland on January 20 and caused heavy rain and strong winds in southern Vietnam and the Central Regions. A pine tree falls in Da Lat city. Strong waves plunged 18 boats and damaged 68 others, killed two people and swept away another on Phu Quy island in Binh Thuan province. [...]

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Tropical Storm Mirinae claims at least 31 lives in central region

November 4, 2009
Tropical Storm Mirinae claims at least 31 lives in central region

Despite downgrading into a tropical low, Typhoon Mirinae hit the central region of Viet Nam yesterday, November 3, leaving at least 31 dead, 21 missing and 45 injured. Rescuers and flood victims in Dong Da Commune in the central city of Quy Nhon.According to the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control, the [...]

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Storm Mirinae losses ’huge’

November 3, 2009
Storm Mirinae losses ’huge’

LookAtVietnam – Initial losses have been reported in the central coastal provinces of Phu Yen and Binh Dinh, with two deaths, one missing person and three injured. Residents in the central province of Binh Dinh battle Storm Mirinae.Phu Yen’s Electricity Company Director Tran Van Khoa said losses sustained by the grid system were huge, with [...]

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Storm Mirinae losses ’huge’

November 3, 2009
Storm Mirinae losses ’huge’

LookAtVietnam – Initial losses have been reported in the central coastal provinces of Phu Yen and Binh Dinh, with two deaths, one missing person and three injured. Residents in the central province of Binh Dinh battle Storm Mirinae.Phu Yen’s Electricity Company Director Tran Van Khoa said losses sustained by the grid system were huge, with [...]

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Typhoon disrupts drying in Vietnam’s coffee belt

November 2, 2009
Typhoon disrupts drying in Vietnam’s coffee belt

Typhoon Mirinae brought strong wind to Vietnam’s central coast and heavy rain to the nearby coffee region on Monday, disrupting early harvesting, after killing at least two people in the Philippines at the weekend. The typhoon uprooted trees as it made landfall on the coastal provinces of Binh Dinh and Phu Yen, state-run Vietnam Television [...]

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North to map flood-prone areas

August 10, 2009
North to map flood-prone areas

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment held a meeting in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on Friday to discuss plans to map out areas Prolonged heavy rains cause flooding in early July this year in the northern province of Lai Chau. A meeting to discuss plans to map out areas most at [...]

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Heavy rain hits north Vietnam, Hanoi traffic halted

July 20, 2009
Heavy rain hits north Vietnam, Hanoi traffic halted

Heavy rain from a weakened tropical storm has hit northern Vietnam, causing flooding that brought traffic to a halt in the capital Hanoi and prompted the government to warn of landslides in mountainous areas. Tropical storm Molave made landfall on Saturday along the southern coast of China, where it weakened before dumping torrential rain across [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...