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Hanoi residents bail out homes, paddle boats through flooded streets

Hanoi residents bail out homes, paddle boats through flooded streets

Hanoi residents blocked doorways with wooden boards, bailed out homes with buckets and took aluminum boats onto the streets on Thursday as floodwater stalled vehicles en masse.
Cathay Pacific cancels Hong Kong flights, Guangdong evacuates more than 20,000 as Typhoon Noul nears

Cathay Pacific cancels Hong Kong flights, Guangdong evacuates more than 20,000 as Typhoon Noul nears

China evacuates 1.8 million as Typhoon Bavi barrels toward coast

China evacuates 1.8 million as Typhoon Bavi barrels toward coast

Knee-deep water floods Hanoi streets during evening commute

Knee-deep water floods Hanoi streets during evening commute

Heavy rain flooded parts of Hanoi about 0.5 m deep on the evening of July 10, submerging bikes, stalling cars and snarling the rush-hour commute.
July 10, 2026 | 05:22 am PT
At least 10 airports ground flights as Typhoon Bavi the width of France closes on China's east coast

At least 10 airports ground flights as Typhoon Bavi the width of France closes on China's east coast

Typhoon Bavi is forecast to hit China's east coast on the night of July 11, grounding flights across eastern Asia at the peak of summer travel.
July 10, 2026 | 01:12 am PT
Extreme heat is pushing daily life in India into the dark

Extreme heat is pushing daily life in India into the dark

On India's hot plains, scorching summers have become increasingly harder to endure, requiring adaptations and forcing life into the hours of dark before the sun turns punishing.
June 18, 2026 | 12:20 am PT
Hanoi's next big challenge: staying cool

Hanoi's next big challenge: staying cool

I still remember Hanoi in the 1980s and 1990s. Days would be hot, but at night breeze from the lakes and rivers drifted through the open corridors between old apartment blocks.
June 15, 2026 | 06:08 pm PT
Ho Chi Minh City's expat hub Thao Dien waist-deep in water after an hour of rain

Ho Chi Minh City's expat hub Thao Dien waist-deep in water after an hour of rain

Heavy rain swept across Ho Chi Minh City on June 15, submerging roads in the riverside Thao Dien, the city's largest expat neighborhood, and nearby areas within about an hour and leaving residents to wade home or push stalled motorbikes through the water.
June 15, 2026 | 02:58 pm PT
Lightning strikes Hanoi as storm floods streets at rush hour

Lightning strikes Hanoi as storm floods streets at rush hour

A thunderstorm broke days of fierce heat in Hanoi late on May 28, bringing lightning and rain that left some streets up to 50 cm deep in water and snarled rush-hour traffic across the Vietnamese capital.
May 28, 2026 | 06:10 am PT
Vietnam's 6-day heatwave breaks multiple May temperature records as Hanoi hits 41.1 C

Vietnam's 6-day heatwave breaks multiple May temperature records as Hanoi hits 41.1 C

Lang station's 41.1 C reading on May 26 was Hanoi's second-highest May temperature on record, while five stations across the north broke or tied their May highs.
May 27, 2026 | 07:13 pm PT
Vietnam hospitals see 30% surge in admissions as Hanoi heatwave exceeds 41 C

Vietnam hospitals see 30% surge in admissions as Hanoi heatwave exceeds 41 C

A heatwave gripping Vietnam has driven hospital admissions up 20-30%, with doctors reporting more cases of kidney failure among young workers, strokes in elderly patients, and a surge in psychiatric emergencies.
May 27, 2026 | 02:55 pm PT
Record rains kill 22 in China, 20 still missing across four provinces

Record rains kill 22 in China, 20 still missing across four provinces

The death toll from heavy rains across central and southern China since the weekend has risen to 22, state media reports showed Wednesday, with 20 more people still unaccounted for.
May 19, 2026 | 11:47 pm PT
Hong Kong couple taking children storm chasing during typhoon spared criminal sentence

Hong Kong couple taking children storm chasing during typhoon spared criminal sentence

A Hong Kong couple who took their children storm chasing during Super Typhoon Ragasa last year was spared a criminal conviction of child neglect after agreeing to a HK$2,000 (US$255) bind-over order.
May 13, 2026 | 08:55 pm PT
Catfish crawl onto land as heavy rain triggers flooding

Catfish crawl onto land as heavy rain triggers flooding

Flooding from heavy rain sent a group of catfish onto land in a scene that was both unusual and amusing.
April 15, 2026 | 02:37 am PT
Indonesia landslide kills at least eight, more than 80 missing

Indonesia landslide kills at least eight, more than 80 missing

A landslide killed at least eight people and left more than 80 missing on Indonesia's main island of Java on Saturday, a disaster official said.
January 24, 2026 | 09:36 pm PT
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