Central Highlands: As floods recede, food shortage concerns surface

At least six people died Wednesday and Thursday after prolonged, heavy rains triggered floods in the Central Highlands region.

Several areas on Phu Quoc Island are flooded following three days of heavy rains since Friday, forcing hundreds of families to evacuate.

More than 300 villagers in Thanh Hoa Province are still transfixed by their loss caused by heavy rains triggered by storm Wipha on Saturday.

Flooding, landslides and rockslides have taken lives and badly disrupted life in northern and north-central Vietnam.

At least two people have died and three severely injured as landslide-struck houses collapsed in Ha Giang Province on Sunday and Monday.

The number of people killed in a powerful storm and preceding floods in Mozambique could exceed 1,000, the president said Monday.

Flash floods in Indonesia's eastern Papua province have killed at least 77 people, the disaster agency said Monday as it raised the death toll from 58.

Hopes were fading Saturday that rescuers would find more survivors from at least 300 missing after a dam collapse at a mine in southeast Brazil, with nine bodies so far recovered.

The lifestyle and habits of urban citizens make them more culpable and less capable of handling natural disasters.

Udin Ahok was forced to make a choice that no one would ever want to make: save his wife or his mother and baby.

Severe flooding triggered by torrential rains has left Da Nang’s seas and beaches filthy with garbage and sewage.

For many foreigners and visitors, the heavy rains and flooding of Saigon’s streets proved to be an unexpected treat.

Vietnam’s urbanization problems, particularly those affecting poor residents, are typically swept under the rug. When disaster strikes, the buck passing begins.