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.

Severe erosion of a sea section prompted authorities in Ca Mau Province to issue an emergency warning on Tuesday.

Authorities in Laos's Viengxay District have sought Vietnam’s assistance to look for seven people missing in the aftermath of storm Wipha.

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

At least five people died and 14 people have been listed missing after storm Wipha made landfall in Vietnam Friday night.

Storm Wipha is expected to make landfall in Quang Ninh Province and neighboring Hai Phong City Friday night with winds of up to 90kph.

Quang Ninh Province has banned sailing in the Ha Long Bay and other tourist spots to avoid accidents from storm Wipha.

A tropical depression intensified into a tropical storm Wednesday and lay centered 230 kilometers northeast of Vietnam's Paracel Islands.

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

Flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rains in northern provinces have left at least three dead in the last three days.

With the biggest culprits failing to act on climate disaster, the human race does not have much long left.

Nearly 800,000 people in India's eastern coastal districts have been evacuated ahead of the expected arrival of a major cyclone packing winds of up to 200 kilometers (125 miles) per hour.

The death toll from flash floods and landslides that tore through Indonesia's Papua region has topped 100 with dozens more still missing.