Vietnam PM orders proactive flood response as northern region braces for heavy rains
Vietnam News 10:01 28/06/2025Vietnam’s Prime Minister has urged authorities to coordinate closely with upstream countries, including China, to improve flood forecasting and avoid delays or confusion as heavy rainfall threatens the northern region in the coming days.
Heavy rain floods northern Vietnamese province, prompts Hanoi alert
Vietnam News 12:03 25/06/2025Heavy rainfall from late Tuesday to early Wednesday caused localized flooding in a province in northern Vietnam, affecting several other mountainous provinces, while authorities issued flood warnings for Hanoi as downpours continued in the capital.
First in a century: Unprecedented summer flood submerges Vietnam’s Hue City
Vietnam News 14:23 13/06/2025In a rare and historic weather event, Hue City in central Vietnam is being submerged by an unseasonal flood triggered by storm Wutip, which brought heavy rains to the central region –something not seen in the summer in over a century.
Torrential rains trigger widespread flooding in central Vietnam
Vietnam News 17:56 12/06/2025Many localities in central Vietnam, including Da Nang City, Hue City, and Quang Nam Province, are facing severe flooding due to torrential rains triggered by the impact of storm Wutip in the East Vietnam Sea.
Death toll in flood-hit South African province rises to 49
World 12:14 12/06/2025JOHANNESBURG - The death toll from floods in South Africa's Eastern Cape province has risen to 49, the head of the province said on Wednesday.
Tourism devastated after giant Romania salt mine hit by floods
World 13:47 07/06/2025Nothing is the same in the Transylvanian village of Praid since its historic salt mine was flooded last month.
Flood death toll rises to 117 in Nigeria's Niger state, emergency official says
World 11:17 31/05/2025ABUJA -- At least 117 people have died and several others are still missing after heavy flooding destroyed thousands of homes in Nigeria's Niger state, an emergency official said on Friday.
Flood risk threatens Swiss valley after village destroyed by glacier
World 16:41 30/05/2025Water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that this week buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland has sparked warnings that further evacuations may be needed amid the risk of flooding in the Alpine valley.
Australia begins clean-up after floods kill 5, damage 10,000 properties
World 15:51 24/05/2025SYDNEY -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday the clean-up had begun in the country's southeast after floods killed five people and inundated more than 10,000 properties.
Northern Vietnam braces for heavy rains, potential floods as cold air mass approaches
Vietnam News 12:09 24/05/2025A strong cold air mass is sweeping down from the north, bringing heavy rain, cooler temperatures, and raising flood risks across northern and north-central Vietnam, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
Vietnamese province orders 291,000 students to stay home amid flood threat
Education 14:26 25/11/2024Heavy rain severely flooded many local roads and caused a house to collapse, injuring two people
Monday downpour swamps multiple roads in Hanoi
Vietnam News 15:12 16/09/2024The capital city was struck by 100-150 mm of rainfall overnight
