The warning was released as Paris began mopping up after the river Seine overflowed for the second time in two years. Flood damage cases from rivers in Europe will more than double to about 19 billion USD per year. Scientists said that the impact of global warming on flood risk in Europe is widespread and often significant. The research shows that substantial impacts can be avoided by limiting global warming to lower temperature thresholds but a considerable increase in flood risk is still predicted in Europe.
Flooding wreaks havoc in HCM City, southern region (10-10-2006) HCM CITY — The Sai Gon River's tide level reached 1.40 metres on Sunday, leading to flooding in many areas in HCM City. Roads and residential quarters were flooded after river dykes and embankments broke in Districts 12, Binh Thanh, Thu Duc, Hoc Mon and Nha Be, according to the city's Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control. In District 12, some 100 ha of land were flooded, damaging several homes. Local district authorities and others helped to dredge canals and other waterways. The Thanh Da Peninsula in Binh Thanh District…... [read more]
Storms, floods wreak havoc in north (07-07-2009) Death toll stands at 26 with more bad weather on the way. Young people help residents in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan collect property swept away by flooding. — VNA/VNS Photo Quang Dan BAC KAN — Storms and floods have caused chaos in the six northern mountain provinces of Bac Kan, Lai Chau, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Son La and Lao Cai. Twenty-six people are reported to have died and many are missing in the floods and landslides. Hundreds of houses have been destroyed, thousands of hectares of crops swept away…... [read more]
Over the past week, heavy downpours caused by tropical storm No2 and the active South-Western monsoon have flooded many localities in the Central Highlands, seriously affecting local people's production and lives. Seventeen people have been reportedly dead or missing. In the hardest hit province of Dak Lak, prolonged heavy downpours flooded many places, particularly in Don village, and Lak, Chu M'Ga and Ea Sup districts, causing serious human and property losses. By August 6, three local people were reportedly dead, 14 others missing and one injured. Floods submerged and washed away more than 13,000 hectares of food crops, including 8,200…... [read more]
(VOV) -Torrential rains in the aftermath of typhoon Rammasun continue to result in severe flooding in the northern border province of Lang Son, submerging many houses and disrupting people's lives. Heavy floods ravage Son La province Border province Lang Son cut off by severe floods Earthquakes jolt Son La, aftershocks rattle Hanoi Rising flood water on July 20 inundated many areas in the province, including central Dong Kinh market, destroying over 2,000 ha of rice crops, and leading to traffic congestion on National Highways No. 1B, 4A, 4B and 279. According to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, the water…... [read more]
NDO/VNA – The costs of flood damage following the heaviest rains in four decades in northern coastal Quang Ninh province have exceeded VND1 trillion (US$46 million), local authorities said on July 30. >>> Quang Ninh rallies resources for post-flood recovery >>> Flood, torrential rains kill 15 in Quang Ninh Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Chief of the Office of the provincial steering board for flood and storm prevention and search and rescue, said rainfall in Ha Long city and Cua Ong ward of Cam Pha city surpassed 900 millimetres in the last four days - the annual total average is around 2,000…... [read more]
