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Plankton bloom turns Thai island waters a bright, smelly green

Plankton bloom turns Thai island waters a bright, smelly green

The sea off Thailand's popular tourist island of Ko Lan turned a bright, pungent green this week as heavy rains and floods helped spark a plankton bloom that kept some swimmers on shore.
Wait an hour for taxis: Heavy rain disrupts some tourists' plans as others enjoy cool air in HCMC

Wait an hour for taxis: Heavy rain disrupts some tourists' plans as others enjoy cool air in HCMC

Waist-deep water swamps Ho Chi Minh City streets at evening rush hour

Waist-deep water swamps Ho Chi Minh City streets at evening rush hour

Record rain floods Asian Games host city where athletes sleep in wooden huts

Record rain floods Asian Games host city where athletes sleep in wooden huts

Hundreds of Asian Games athletes in Japan were briefly evacuated from their accommodation as record rainfall lashed host city Nagoya, with competition beginning on Thursday.
September 9, 2026 | 04:18 pm PT
South Korea landslide kills one as heavy rains sweep southern areas

South Korea landslide kills one as heavy rains sweep southern areas

A landslide in South Korea killed one person and injured three, media reports said on Monday, as heavy rainfall lashed the country's southern region.
August 17, 2026 | 04:47 pm PT
Xi calls for improving disaster prevention as floods, landslides batter world's 2nd largest economy

Xi calls for improving disaster prevention as floods, landslides batter world's 2nd largest economy

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for improving the country’s ability to prevent, mitigate and respond to natural disasters, after a string of deadly floods and landslides in the summer of 2026.
August 15, 2026 | 06:10 pm PT
Spain flood kills two, injures two babies

Spain flood kills two, injures two babies

A flood and a landslide triggered by torrential rain killed two elderly women and injured two babies in rural northwestern Spain on Aug. 15, authorities said.
August 15, 2026 | 06:10 pm PT
16 trapped during landside in China's Gansu Province

16 trapped during landside in China's Gansu Province

Sixteen people remain buried in a mountainous county in China's western province of Gansu after a landslide on Tuesday, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
July 6, 2026 | 09:58 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
Flooding kills at least 9 in China's Chongqing

Flooding kills at least 9 in China's Chongqing

The death toll from flooding in south-western China's Chongqing has risen to nine and 11 people are missing following torrential rain in the municipality, state broadcaster CCTV reported on May 25.
May 25, 2026 | 04:35 pm PT
Ho Chi Minh City's rainy season to start 10 days early

Ho Chi Minh City's rainy season to start 10 days early

Ho Chi Minh City and southern Vietnam will likely enter the rainy season in early May, about 10 days earlier than usual, forecasters said, warning of thunderstorms, tornadoes and hail.
April 21, 2026 | 06:32 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
Dozens of tourists evacuated as 'world's best destination' experiences flooding

Dozens of tourists evacuated as 'world's best destination' experiences flooding

Flooding in parts of Indonesia's popular resort island of Bali prompted hundreds of people, including dozens of tourists, to seek safety, a local disaster official said on Feb. 24.
February 24, 2026 | 05:48 pm PT
Sudden reservoir release floods more than 1,000 homes in central Vietnam

Sudden reservoir release floods more than 1,000 homes in central Vietnam

A sudden overnight surge from the Long Song reservoir has inundated part of Lam Dong Province, flooding more than 1,000 homes, sweeping away dozens of fishing boats and submerging farmland as heavy rain pounded the central region.
December 4, 2025 | 12:57 am PT
Da Lat reopens key mountain pass after landslides

Da Lat reopens key mountain pass after landslides

Prenn Pass, the main gateway into Da Lat, has reopened after days of landslides and cracking that shut down the mountain road, though officials warn that conditions remain fragile.
November 25, 2025 | 12:24 am PT
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