Disasters
Floods
Flooding from dam washes out homes, rice fields in southern Cambodia
Local government officials in a southern Cambodian province failed to evacuate villagers in time to prevent their homes and rice fields from flooding after the operators of a Chinese-built hydropower dam informed them a day earlier that they would open the facility’s gates to release ...
Flood aid reaches families in Laos
Flood affected families in isolated villages in central Laos have received much needed relief supplies from the US Embassy, the International Organization for Migration and World Vision International Lao PDR, in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare. Residents of Bolikhamxay Province were inundated by the ...
Tropical rainstorm Vamco unleashes flooding in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
Tropical Rainstorm Vamco will bring flooding rain to portions of Indochina through at least 16 September. Keep reading ...
Floods wreak havoc with Rakhine
In the aftermath of the deadly flooding that devastated Rakhine State, one third of paddy acreage in the northern part of the state is littered with fallen trees and branches, dead animals and the detritus of wrecked houses. Deep deposits of mud dumped by the ...
Flood assessments delayed
The deadline for the publication of detailed flood assessment data has been extended to 14 September due to difficulties accessing parts of the country. Keep reading ...
Detailed assessments to form relief strategy
How much damage did the July-August floods really do? That will be the focus of a Recovery Coordination Work Committee meeting on 7 September, which will examine new detailed impact reports for each state and region. U Soe Aung, first permanent secretary at the Ministry of ...
Myanmar: Recovery work begins to support flood-affected communities
One month after cyclone Komen and heavy seasonal rains caused floods and landslides in Myanmar, recovery work has started. The ICRC and Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) are distributing food and essential items to 60,000 people in Rakhine, where the ICRC already has a strong operational ...
HCMC plans 3 reservoirs to reduce flooding
The Ho Chi Minh City government plans to invest VND950 billion (US$42.3 million) on building three reservoirs to store rainwater in the next five years in a bid to reduce flooding in the city. Keep reading ...
Project to focus on flood-hit livestock
About 8000 livestock in Ayeyarwady Region’s Ingapu township that are suffering a range of flood-related maladies will receive a three-month-long program or treatment and food supplements, a township veterinary official said. Keep reading ...
Heavy rains destroy homes and cropland in Myanmar’s north and west
More heavy rains and floods in Myanmar have forced residents from nearly 20 villages in Sagaing division to be relocated, while the government in hard-hit Rakhine state has started providing financial assistance to farmers whose fields are submerged in water. More than 1,000 people have been ...
