Experts explain causes of early-season flash floods in Vietnam’s Lai Chau
Vietnam News 10:21 22/07/2026Heavy rains lasting several days combined with short bursts of extreme downpours and vulnerable mountain terrain triggered landslides and flash floods in Muong Than Commune, Lai Chau Province, northern Vietnam late last week, according to experts.
Guyana ferry death toll rises to 41 as more bodies are recovered
World 09:57 22/07/2026The death toll from a ferry that capsized off the coast of Guyana has risen to 41, with 14 more bodies recovered, the government said on Tuesday.
Floods kill 1, leave 6 missing, devastate homes in Vietnam’s Lai Chau
Vietnam News 11:40 18/07/2026Heavy downpours have triggered flash floods and debris flows in Muong Than Commune in Lai Chau Province, northern Vietnam, leaving one person dead, six missing and two injured while destroying homes, isolating villages, and severely disrupting transport, authorities said on Friday evening.
Japanese prefectures asked to secure hotels as shelters
World 16:41 19/01/2026TOKYO -- The Japanese government has asked prefectures to lead efforts to secure hotels as shelters during large-scale disasters.
Disaster losses drop in 2025, picture still 'alarming': Munich Re
World 16:30 13/01/2026Natural disaster losses worldwide dropped sharply to $224 billion in 2025, reinsurer Munich Re said Tuesday, but warned of a still “alarming” picture of extreme weather events likely driven by climate change.
US ambassador visits disaster-affected families in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 19:51 13/12/2025U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper on Friday visited families affected by natural disasters in Yen Binh Commune, Lang Son Province, northern Vietnam as part of a U.S.-funded humanitarian assistance program aimed at helping northern Vietnamese communities recover from recent storms and floods.
Dozens still missing days after Mexico's mass flood
World 14:00 18/10/2025MEXICO CITY -- Five days after historic floods that killed at least 66 people and affected 100,000 homes, Mexico is still scrambling to get help to the worst-hit communities and locate 75 missing people amid criticism of the government’s handling of the crisis.
Afghan earthquake survivors hunt loved ones, pull planks from rubble for graves
World 14:08 04/09/2025MAZAR DARA, Afghanistan -- Mir Salam Khan mourns the loss of his wife and three children in Afghanistan’s mountainous eastern province of Kunar, hit by an earthquake of magnitude 6 that crumbled thousands of homes.
Magnitude-5 earthquake strikes northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 19:14 16/05/2025A magnitude-5 earthquake occurred in Muong Cha District, Dien Bien Province, northern Vietnam at noon on Friday, the Institute of Earth Sciences reported, warning of a level-two disaster risk for the epicenter area.
Vietnam contributes $100,000 to Japan’s flood relief efforts
Vietnam News 12:09 20/07/2018Downpours across western Japan in early July triggered floods and landslides that killed more than 200 people
Kindness in wake of disastrous floods in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 15:39 01/07/2018Serious floods and landslides killed 23 people and left ten others missing in Lai Chau and Ha Giang Provinces in late June
Hanoi prepares for potential catastrophes caused by Chinese nuclear plants
Vietnam News 11:27 24/05/2018The city is already preparing for other large-scale disasters
