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The smoke from burning forests in Sumatra threatens Malaysia
The news network Silobreaker said haze from the clearance of land clearance in Riau province of Sumatra island of Indonesia could affect Malaysia, due to the direction o…
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China: Bad floods make more than 80 people dead
As of August 27, prolonged heavy rains caused the worst floods in more than a decade in northern China, killing at least 85 people and more than 100 people missing and m…
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Heavy rain in the Far East engulfed 9,500 houses
The situation of floods in Khabarovsk, Russia continues to be complicated. The Amur River water level on August 28 rose to 741cm, rising 6cm higher only one day and nigh…
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Typhoon Utor crossed Luzon Island, into the South China Sea
This afternoon (August 12), Typhoon UTOR passed Lu - Dong Island (Philippines) and went to the East of the North East Sea - storm No. 7.
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Typhoon Utor is likely to cause heavy rain for the North
At 4 o'clock on August 13, the location of the center of the storm was about 18.2 degrees Vi Bac; 116.1 degrees east longitude. About 450km from Hoang Sa archipelago to…
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Utor storm tomorrow causes strong winds of 100km / h in the Gulf of Tonkin
In the East Sea, super typhoon Utor continued to grow, reaching nearly 170km / h (level 14). The storm with an area of hundreds of kilometers of influence caused the G…
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Utor storm will cause heavy rain in the northeast provinces
At 04:00 on August 14, the location of the center of the storm was about 20.2 degrees North latitude; 112.5 Kinh Dong. About 220km from Lei Chau Peninsula (China) to the…
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96 people died due to prolonged flooding in Pakistan
The Pakistan National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on August 15 said floods due to heavy rains in the past two weeks have killed 96 people nationwide and affecte…
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Floods raged across China, 105 people died
Floods at both ends of China have left at least 105 people dead and 115 others missing in recent days.
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Philippines: Rainstorms flood half of Manila
Heavy rains caused by the Trami tropical storm flooded the Philippines' Manila capital in just 24 hours, causing landslides and killing at least seven people and affecti…
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Emergency response to hurricane Jebi
Last night (August 2), Typhoon 5 crossed North Hainan Island (China), went into the Gulf of Tonkin. At Bach Long Vi island station, a strong wind of 17m / s (level 7) wa…
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This morning, the storm started to cause rain in the Central region
With the direction of moving along the central coast, the sixth storm of the year began to affect the mainland from August 7. In the evening of the same day, the storm i…
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Russian Far Eastern volcano sprayed ashes 6.5km high
A volcano on the Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian Far East on August 6 began to operate fiercely, spraying ashes into the sky to a height of 6.5km, RIA Novosti quoted…
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Heavy rain in India caused landslides that left 14 people dead
14 people were killed in landslides in Idukki district due to heavy rain lasting from August 3. Meanwhile, many people were missing in flooded areas in the center of Ker…
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An earthquake occurred in Vanuatu, Mexico and China
On August 7, a series of earthquakes shook the islands of Vanuatu in the South Pacific, but there was no tsunami warning.