Heavy rains in Cambodia have killed at least 11 people, including eight by lightning and three swept away by floods, nearly 2,000 houses and about 312 hectares of rice and crops inundated.
The quake struck at 6:13 local time (5:13 PM) with the shockwave at a depth of 77km, 66km northeast of the town of Bayabas on the island of Mindanao.
On the morning of September 17, Minister Nguyen Xuan Cuong asked 12 provinces and cities affected by typhoon No. 5 from Thanh Hoa-Khanh Hoa to strictly comply with the Prime Minister's telegram and the Steering Committee for natural disaster prevention.
The Prime Minister has set out 8 key tasks for the prevention, fighting and overcoming of consequences of natural disasters in the coming time.
Due to prolonged heavy rains and flood discharge from a reservoir upstream, the dyke of the Yinma River next to Wujiazi Village, Duc Hue City broke on the afternoon of September 13 with a crack as wide as 30 meters wide.
The flood peak in 2020, at the downstream of major rivers in Thanh Hoa and Nghe An will be alarming 1-alarm 2; rivers from Ha Tinh to Binh Thuan are at alert 2-alarm 3 and above alert 3.
Currently, landslide in Cai San canal, from Nam Su canal to Sau Ba canal, My Thanh ward, Long Xuyen city, is at a particularly dangerous level, causing direct danger to residential areas.
Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced the trigger of a statewide forest fire emergency, allowing for more resource mobilization as well as requesting federal assistance.
Residents of Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La, Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Ha Giang, Tuyen Quang, Cao Bang, Bac Kan and Thanh Hoa provinces to guard against the risk of flash floods, landslides and local inundation.
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the area off the coast of Maluku province in eastern Indonesia, but there is no possibility of a tsunami.