Flood
14 provinces and cities proactively respond to heavy rain
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14 provinces and cities need to proactively respond to heavy rain, floods, inundation, flash floods, landslides, tornadoes, lightning, and hail.
Planning an incident response scenario for An Khe hydropower plant before the flood season
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Gia Lai - Emergency response scenarios, even the risk of dam breach, have been calculated in detail and carefully by the operating unit.
Gia Lai cordons off flooded areas, evacuates people before being isolated by floods
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Gia Lai requests to zone out key points, develop evacuation plans to each household to proactively take people out of dangerous areas before being isolated by floods.
China urgently evacuates nearly 600,000 people due to Typhoon Saudel
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Prolonged extreme heavy rain due to the impact of Typhoon Saudel caused deep and widespread flooding in Fujian province (China), forcing authorities to urgently evacuate nearly 600,000 people.
Commune authorities warn people to be vigilant against floodwaters in Gia Lai
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Gia Lai - Due to prolonged rain, floodwaters have risen in many communes in the province through spillways, streams, and people's roads.
Nepal races to demolish tunnels, still 180m away from where more than 100 workers are trapped
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Nepalese rescue forces are drilling, digging and breaking rocks to reach more than 100 workers believed to be still trapped in hydropower tunnels buried in mud.
China and Nepal warn of new flood risks
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Two lakes formed after the flood disaster are becoming the next threat hanging in the valley area that has just been devastated.
Nepal at risk of facing second flood after horrific disaster
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A bottleneck still remaining in the upstream of the river in the Nepal - China border area could cause water to continue to rush in and cause a second flood.
Close-up of Nepal's flash flood disaster that killed at least 160 people
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Nepal police said on August 27 that the total number of deaths in the flash flood that swept through the border area with Tibet reached at least 160 people.
US pledges $500,000 aid after severe floods in Nepal
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The US has decided to provide $500,000 in aid to Nepal to overcome the consequences of flash floods and landslides in northern Nepal.
Mystery behind the horrific flash flood in Nepal, suspected of being caused by upstream landslides
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Experts believe that an upstream landslide may have blocked the river, causing water to rush back, unexpectedly causing a terrible flash flood in Nepal.
160 people died in flash floods in Nepal, hundreds still missing
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The flash flood from the border area of the Nepal peninsula left heavy casualties.
Landslide pierces two-story house in Lang Son
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Lang Son - Many large rocks rolled down residential areas in Chi Lang commune, piercing the walls of houses, damaging two cars, causing people to evacuate overnight.
Close-up of floodwaters surrounding thousands of houses in the flooded area of That Khe
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Lang Son - Heavy rain due to storm No. 4 caused many areas in That Khe commune to be submerged in water, and National Highway 4A was in some places flooded 2.5 m deep.
China activates emergency mechanism to respond to Dolphin storm in Beijing
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Chinese authorities raise flood response levels to the highest level in many districts of Beijing.
