Manila – The death toll rose to more than 500 as rescuers Sunday plucked bodies from the sea after floods devastated two southern Philippine cities and nearby areas, civil defence and Red Cross officials said. Soldiers, coast guard teams, local rescuers and volunteers scoured the waters off the southern cities of Cagayan de Oro and […]
A boat carrying more than 250 people, most of them from the Middle East and South Asia, has sunk off the coast of Indonesia’s main island of Java and more than 200 passengers are still missing. So far only 33 people have been rescued. Authorities say bad weather is hampering rescue efforts. Indonesian police blamed […]
BANGKOK, Dec 5 – Thailand’s flood-related death toll rose to 675 on Monday with three persons remaining missing, the Emergency Operations Center for Flood, Storm and Landslide reported. As of Dec 5, the centre said, 675 people died in the flooding since it began in August. Two missing cases were reported in Mae Hong Son […]
BANGKOK, Nov 20 – Flood-related death toll from Thailand’s worst flooding in decades has risen to 602, while two persons are still reported missing, according to the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department. As of Nov 20, 125 districts in 17 provinces remain under water, affecting 5,078,477 people, it said in a daily report of the […]
A total of 595 people were confirmed dead and two people were missing in the floods that have inundated many provinces of Thailand for more than three months, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department reported on Saturday. The floods still prevail in 18 provinces, affecting 1,921,263 households, the department said. Read more: Bangkok Post
The flood toll in Thailand now stands at 533, with two people missing, Disaster Mitigation Centre director Phanu Yaemsri said yesterday, adding that floods continue to ravage 24 provinces, affecting 2.84 million people and 11 million rai of farmland. The flooding has also made 69 highways in 10 provinces and 191 roads in 29 provinces […]
BANGKOK, Nov 6 – Flood-related death toll in Thailand rises to 506 and flooding remains in 25 province, according to the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department report on Sunday. Missing persons remain at two and about 3.1 million people have been affected by the flood crisis. Read more: MCOT
BANGKOK, 21 October 2011 (NNT) – Government officials of Myanmar revealed that today flash flood hit the central part of Myanmar, resulting in approximately 60 missing locals in Pakokku. Morever, due to heavy rains, the water in the river rose and inundated the locals’ accommodations along the banks. A temple and some houses were destroyed […]
