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Floods raging in the Central region, hundreds of passengers jammed
The central provinces have heavy rain, causing flash floods, landslides ... making 7 people dead and missing, thousands of vehicles congested on the highway. Nearly 500…
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Central people struggle in flooding
After heavy rains, floods flooded thousands of people in Central Vietnam. Three days of living in the floodwaters, temporary food reserves have been exhausted.
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Flood rains divided Central Vietnam, 8 people were killed
This morning, the water level in the rivers from Ha Tinh to Quang Ngai is slowly withdrawn but many areas are still divided, traffic congestion. Flooding in the Central…
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12 million Bangkok people are worried about flooding
Bangkok's governor today said the capital people need to be prepared for a situation where they must evacuate when floodwaters flood.
Environment
Bangkok cannot avoid flooding
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today admitted that he could not protect Bangkok from Thailand's historic flood and called the current situation
Environment
Severe sandstorm 'dyed red' the sky of Texas
A sandstorm believed to be the largest in the past few decades attacked the US state of Texas earlier this week, turning the sky into a scary red.
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Floods flood into Bangkok's northern district
Floodwaters have flooded some of the residential areas north of Bangkok, Thailand, when all the sluice gates in the city were opened for flood discharge to the sea.
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Earthquakes in Turkey killed 1,000 people
The Kandilli Seismic and Observatory Research Institute based in Istanbul estimated that between 500 and 1,000 people were killed in a 6.6-magnitude quake that rocked th…
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Bangkok prepares to flood
Mayor of Bangkok Sukhumbhand Paribatra late October 23 has warned that capital residents are prepared to deal with the cataclysm when flood water from the suburbs is mov…
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Thailand: Floods cause hundreds of factories to close, hospitals evacuate
Nearly 200 factories in central Thailand province were closed; hospitals in northern Bangkok must evacuate hundreds of patients; Prime Minister Yingluck had to postpone…
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Oil spreads to the shore, storms threaten stranded ships at sea
Oil spill from a containter super ship that ran aground off New Zealand today spread to shore, while rescue groups attempted to stabilize the ship before a storm was exp…
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Thailand: 100 wild crocodiles in the flood
The Bangkok Post newspaper on October 11 reports from the Thai Wildlife and Plant Conservation Service that about 100 crocodiles, reared on a farm in the province of Uth…
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Japanese earthquake weakens Earth attraction
The magnitude of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake devastated Japan in March was the fifth most powerful earthquake in the history of the species. It also changes the mass di…
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Strong Banyan storm level 8 on the East Sea
Currently, in the region of the Central Islands of the Philippines there is an active storm with the international name of BANYAN.
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Strong earthquake shook Indonesia
A strong earthquake shook Indonesia's island of Bali today, causing hundreds of panic-stricken people to flee high-rise buildings and 17 injured.