Berichtgeving over T.S. Kammuri
Sterke tropische storm Kammuri nadert Zuid China
De sterke tropische storm Kammuri zal in de loop van woensdag het Chinese vasteland bereiken. Kammuri zal tussen de steden Shenzhen en Dianbai aan land komen en zal hevige regenval met zich meebrengen. Het Fuijan observatorium meldt, dat het oog van de storm op 20.8 graden Noord en 114 graden Oost bevindt. Kammuri heeft momenteel windkracht 10 en verplaatst zich met een snelheid van 90 kilometer per uur.
De observatoria in Guangdong en het naburige Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region hebben op dinsdag storm alarmen afgegeven wegens Kammuri, de negende tropische storm van dit jaar. Lokale autoriteiten hebben schepen teruggeroepen naar de haven en hebben versterkte dijkbewaking ingesteld.
Bron: onweer-online
| Gewijzigd: 6 augustus 2008, 07:23 uur, door Marga
De sterke tropische storm Kammuri zal in de loop van woensdag het Chinese vasteland bereiken. Kammuri zal tussen de steden Shenzhen en Dianbai aan land komen en zal hevige regenval met zich meebrengen. Het Fuijan observatorium meldt, dat het oog van de storm op 20.8 graden Noord en 114 graden Oost bevindt. Kammuri heeft momenteel windkracht 10 en verplaatst zich met een snelheid van 90 kilometer per uur.
De observatoria in Guangdong en het naburige Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region hebben op dinsdag storm alarmen afgegeven wegens Kammuri, de negende tropische storm van dit jaar. Lokale autoriteiten hebben schepen teruggeroepen naar de haven en hebben versterkte dijkbewaking ingesteld.
Bron: onweer-online
| Gewijzigd: 6 augustus 2008, 07:23 uur, door Marga
Every cloud has a silver lining
Hongkong ligt lam door tropische storm
Zoals aangekondigd heeft de tropische storm Kammuri Hongkong bereikt. Verschillende vluchten werden geannuleerd, de ferry's voeren niet uit en een groot aantal kantoren en bedrijven bleef dicht. In Hongkong worden vanaf zaterdag ook de hippische wedstrijden van de Olympische Spelen afgewerkt. Tientallen paarden konden door de storm nog niet overgevlogen worden.
Vluchten beperkt
Cathay Pacific Airways liet al weten gedurende minstens vier uur niet naar en van Hongkong te zullen vliegen vanwege de sterke windvlagen. China Airlines deelde mee dat de vluchten tussen Hongkong en Taiwan beperkt zullen worden.
Ferrydiensten uitgesteld
Alle ferrydiensten naar Macau, Zuid-China en de eilanden rond Hongkong werden eveneens uitgesteld. Ook de meeste bussen en trams reden niet en de inwoners bleven thuis. De beurs annuleerde de transacties.
Nog geen afgelaste wedstrijden
De tropische storm brengt de hippische wedstrijden in Hongkong niet in gevaar, zo liet een woordvoerder weten, ondanks de verwachting dat het nog dagen zal regenen.
Bron: HLN | Gewijzigd: 1 februari 2017, 15:24 uur, door Joyce.s
Zoals aangekondigd heeft de tropische storm Kammuri Hongkong bereikt. Verschillende vluchten werden geannuleerd, de ferry's voeren niet uit en een groot aantal kantoren en bedrijven bleef dicht. In Hongkong worden vanaf zaterdag ook de hippische wedstrijden van de Olympische Spelen afgewerkt. Tientallen paarden konden door de storm nog niet overgevlogen worden.
Vluchten beperkt
Cathay Pacific Airways liet al weten gedurende minstens vier uur niet naar en van Hongkong te zullen vliegen vanwege de sterke windvlagen. China Airlines deelde mee dat de vluchten tussen Hongkong en Taiwan beperkt zullen worden.
Ferrydiensten uitgesteld
Alle ferrydiensten naar Macau, Zuid-China en de eilanden rond Hongkong werden eveneens uitgesteld. Ook de meeste bussen en trams reden niet en de inwoners bleven thuis. De beurs annuleerde de transacties.
Nog geen afgelaste wedstrijden
De tropische storm brengt de hippische wedstrijden in Hongkong niet in gevaar, zo liet een woordvoerder weten, ondanks de verwachting dat het nog dagen zal regenen.
Bron: HLN | Gewijzigd: 1 februari 2017, 15:24 uur, door Joyce.s
Every cloud has a silver lining
400.000 bewoners geëvacueerd door storm.
China has evacuated nearly 400,000 people and called thousands of vessels back to port as a severe tropical storm lashed its southern coast late today. Severe Tropical Storm Kammuri made landfall in China's Guangdong province, packing strong winds, the local weather observatory was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua news agency.
There were no immediate reports of damage, Xinhua said. The storm was expected to later head west along the densely populated coast, according to the website of the China Meteorological Administration. Kammuri hit Hong Kong earlier today, unleashing winds of 110km/h at its centre, according to the Hong Kong Observatory. The ferocity prompted Chinese officials to step up the emergency response level. Guangdong, along with neighbouring Hainan island and Guangxi's Zhuang region, decided to evacuate 388,000 people from their homes, Xinhua said.
The three areas also ordered a total of 57,800 vessels back to port, according to Xinhua. ''(We should) ensure all these people be evacuated to safe places in order to guarantee the people's lives,'' Chen Lei, the minister for water resources, said in a statement on the department's website. Torrential rain has affected huge parts of southern and central China in recent months, taking a heavy toll in life and material damage.
Bron: Herald Sun
China has evacuated nearly 400,000 people and called thousands of vessels back to port as a severe tropical storm lashed its southern coast late today. Severe Tropical Storm Kammuri made landfall in China's Guangdong province, packing strong winds, the local weather observatory was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua news agency.
There were no immediate reports of damage, Xinhua said. The storm was expected to later head west along the densely populated coast, according to the website of the China Meteorological Administration. Kammuri hit Hong Kong earlier today, unleashing winds of 110km/h at its centre, according to the Hong Kong Observatory. The ferocity prompted Chinese officials to step up the emergency response level. Guangdong, along with neighbouring Hainan island and Guangxi's Zhuang region, decided to evacuate 388,000 people from their homes, Xinhua said.
The three areas also ordered a total of 57,800 vessels back to port, according to Xinhua. ''(We should) ensure all these people be evacuated to safe places in order to guarantee the people's lives,'' Chen Lei, the minister for water resources, said in a statement on the department's website. Torrential rain has affected huge parts of southern and central China in recent months, taking a heavy toll in life and material damage.
Bron: Herald Sun
Tropische storm maakt landinval in Guangdong.
Guangzhou - Kammuri, the ninth tropical storm of the year, on Wednesday hit south China's Guangdong Province from Yangxi on its coast at 7:45 p.m., according to the local weather observatory.
When it made landfall from Xitou Town, Yangxi County, it produced 10-force winds at the central area and moved inland at 90 km per hour, said the Guangdong Provincial Weather Observatory. There was torrential rain after landfall, but there were no reports yet of human casualties, said the Yangjiang City Headquarters of flood control, drought and storm relief.
Yangxi falls under the jurisdiction of Yangjiang City.
Huang Zhong, chief forecaster with the Guangdong Provincial Weather Observatory, said that after midday on Wednesday, the strong tropical storm swept through Shangchuan and Hailing, two isles off the coast of Guangdong, and moved west along the coast until its landfall. He predicted the storm would continue to move west along the coast as it weakened.
Affected by Kammuri, there were strong winds in the northern part of the South China Sea and heavy rain in coastal areas of Guangdong. Wushi Township in Leizhou Peninsula, western Guangdong, recorded 184 mm of rain, the most in the province, on Wednesday. More torrential rain is predicted in western Guangdong and parts of the Pearl River Delta on Thursday and Friday. Kammuri appeared in the northeastern part of the South China Sea and intensified into a strong tropical storm at 8 a.m. on Tuesday.
The storm was the third to hit China this season, after tropical storm Kalmaegi in early July and typhoon Fung-Wong last week. China Southern Airlines said that as of 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 30 of its flights didn't operate because of heavy rain in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Hong Kong, all in the Pearl River Delta. A number of flights to Guangzhou and Shenzhen had to be diverted. Shenzhen Airport authorities said heavy rain caused about 100 outbound delays, with 41 departures cancelled on Wednesday, while more than 30 in-bound flights were cancelled and 10 arrivals were diverted.
Strong wind also caused the temporary closure of a bridge connecting Zhuhai, a coastal city in Guangdong, and the Macao Special Administrative Region on Wednesday. Three ferries at Zhuhai were also pulled from service temporarily on Wednesday because of poor sea conditions.
The Guangdong Provincial Headquarters for Flood, Drought and Wind Control said 42,434 fishing boats at sea, with 157,662 people aboard, had returned to shore by Wednesday afternoon, while 162,791 people who had been working at sea or in other dangerous areas were evacuated.
Bron: China Daily
Guangzhou - Kammuri, the ninth tropical storm of the year, on Wednesday hit south China's Guangdong Province from Yangxi on its coast at 7:45 p.m., according to the local weather observatory.
When it made landfall from Xitou Town, Yangxi County, it produced 10-force winds at the central area and moved inland at 90 km per hour, said the Guangdong Provincial Weather Observatory. There was torrential rain after landfall, but there were no reports yet of human casualties, said the Yangjiang City Headquarters of flood control, drought and storm relief.
Yangxi falls under the jurisdiction of Yangjiang City.
Huang Zhong, chief forecaster with the Guangdong Provincial Weather Observatory, said that after midday on Wednesday, the strong tropical storm swept through Shangchuan and Hailing, two isles off the coast of Guangdong, and moved west along the coast until its landfall. He predicted the storm would continue to move west along the coast as it weakened.
Affected by Kammuri, there were strong winds in the northern part of the South China Sea and heavy rain in coastal areas of Guangdong. Wushi Township in Leizhou Peninsula, western Guangdong, recorded 184 mm of rain, the most in the province, on Wednesday. More torrential rain is predicted in western Guangdong and parts of the Pearl River Delta on Thursday and Friday. Kammuri appeared in the northeastern part of the South China Sea and intensified into a strong tropical storm at 8 a.m. on Tuesday.
The storm was the third to hit China this season, after tropical storm Kalmaegi in early July and typhoon Fung-Wong last week. China Southern Airlines said that as of 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 30 of its flights didn't operate because of heavy rain in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Hong Kong, all in the Pearl River Delta. A number of flights to Guangzhou and Shenzhen had to be diverted. Shenzhen Airport authorities said heavy rain caused about 100 outbound delays, with 41 departures cancelled on Wednesday, while more than 30 in-bound flights were cancelled and 10 arrivals were diverted.
Strong wind also caused the temporary closure of a bridge connecting Zhuhai, a coastal city in Guangdong, and the Macao Special Administrative Region on Wednesday. Three ferries at Zhuhai were also pulled from service temporarily on Wednesday because of poor sea conditions.
The Guangdong Provincial Headquarters for Flood, Drought and Wind Control said 42,434 fishing boats at sea, with 157,662 people aboard, had returned to shore by Wednesday afternoon, while 162,791 people who had been working at sea or in other dangerous areas were evacuated.
Bron: China Daily
Kammuri raast over Hong Kong
Het weerstation van Hong Kong kondigde vanmorgen een weeralarm af; de tropische storm Kammuri staat op het punt de Zuid-Chinese stad te raken.
Kammuri valt in categorie 8 van topische stormen. Volgens het Hong Kong weerstation lag het centrum van de storm om tien uur ‘s ochtends op ongeveer 140 kilometer afstand. De meteorologische dienst voorspelde dat Kammuri vervolgens naar het westen-noordwesten zou trekken, om met een snelheid van 14 kilometer per uur richting Guangdong te bewegen, vlakbij Hong Kong.
In afwachting daarvan werden alle ferrydiensten naar Macau, Zuid-China en de eilanden rond Hongkong stilgelegd. Ook het merendeel van de busdiensten in de stad is opgeschort, en schoolgebouwen en kantoren zijn gesloten.
De Hong Kong Stock Exchange kondigde aan dat de ochtendhandel in obligaties en opties is uitgesteld in verband met de storm. De beursvloer gaat in principe om half drie ‘s middags weer open, mits het weeralarm dan is ingetrokken.
Het meteorologisch instituut van Hong Kong zei dat de storm voor hevige rukwinden en windvlagen zal zorgen, die vooral aan het water en op hoger gelegen gebieden gevaarlijk kunnen zijn. Het raadt bewoners aan om alle ramen en deuren te sluiten, losliggende dingen rond het huis op te ruimen, eventuele gaten in deuren of muren te dichten en doorgangen te verstevigen. Ook wordt iedereen aangeraden weg te blijven van de kustlijn en geen watersporten te beoefenen.
Bijna veertig vluchten van en naar Hong Kong International Airport zijn in verband met de storm geannuleerd. Passagiers wordt aangeraden eerst naar het speciale telefoonnummer te bellen voordat ze afreizen naar de luchthaven.
Vooralsnog lijkt het er niet op dat de hippische wedstrijden die zaterdag in Hongkong worden gehouden, in gevaar komen. Enkele paarden konden door de storm nog niet overgevlogen worden, maar Kammuri zal vóór het weekend geweken zijn.
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Het weerstation van Hong Kong kondigde vanmorgen een weeralarm af; de tropische storm Kammuri staat op het punt de Zuid-Chinese stad te raken.
Kammuri valt in categorie 8 van topische stormen. Volgens het Hong Kong weerstation lag het centrum van de storm om tien uur ‘s ochtends op ongeveer 140 kilometer afstand. De meteorologische dienst voorspelde dat Kammuri vervolgens naar het westen-noordwesten zou trekken, om met een snelheid van 14 kilometer per uur richting Guangdong te bewegen, vlakbij Hong Kong.
In afwachting daarvan werden alle ferrydiensten naar Macau, Zuid-China en de eilanden rond Hongkong stilgelegd. Ook het merendeel van de busdiensten in de stad is opgeschort, en schoolgebouwen en kantoren zijn gesloten.
De Hong Kong Stock Exchange kondigde aan dat de ochtendhandel in obligaties en opties is uitgesteld in verband met de storm. De beursvloer gaat in principe om half drie ‘s middags weer open, mits het weeralarm dan is ingetrokken.
Het meteorologisch instituut van Hong Kong zei dat de storm voor hevige rukwinden en windvlagen zal zorgen, die vooral aan het water en op hoger gelegen gebieden gevaarlijk kunnen zijn. Het raadt bewoners aan om alle ramen en deuren te sluiten, losliggende dingen rond het huis op te ruimen, eventuele gaten in deuren of muren te dichten en doorgangen te verstevigen. Ook wordt iedereen aangeraden weg te blijven van de kustlijn en geen watersporten te beoefenen.
Bijna veertig vluchten van en naar Hong Kong International Airport zijn in verband met de storm geannuleerd. Passagiers wordt aangeraden eerst naar het speciale telefoonnummer te bellen voordat ze afreizen naar de luchthaven.
Vooralsnog lijkt het er niet op dat de hippische wedstrijden die zaterdag in Hongkong worden gehouden, in gevaar komen. Enkele paarden konden door de storm nog niet overgevlogen worden, maar Kammuri zal vóór het weekend geweken zijn.
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80 dead or missing in flash floods
More than 80 people died or were missing in three provinces of northern Vietnam after tropical storm Kammuri brought heavy rain, landslides and flash floods, the government said today.
The mountainous province of Lao Cai, bordering China, was the most seriously hit with at least 66 people reported missing, it said. The Government issued an urgent call for the immediate rescue and evacuation of people from areas vulnerable to flash floods.
The National Meteorology Centre said at least five people were missing in Lao Cai's resort town of Sapa, popular with foreign backpackers, but it was not known if any foreigners were among the victims.
"Most of the national highways, inter-province roads and local roads have been blocked and work is under way to search for the missing," an official from Lao Cai's weather centre said by telephone.
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More than 80 people died or were missing in three provinces of northern Vietnam after tropical storm Kammuri brought heavy rain, landslides and flash floods, the government said today.
The mountainous province of Lao Cai, bordering China, was the most seriously hit with at least 66 people reported missing, it said. The Government issued an urgent call for the immediate rescue and evacuation of people from areas vulnerable to flash floods.
The National Meteorology Centre said at least five people were missing in Lao Cai's resort town of Sapa, popular with foreign backpackers, but it was not known if any foreigners were among the victims.
"Most of the national highways, inter-province roads and local roads have been blocked and work is under way to search for the missing," an official from Lao Cai's weather centre said by telephone.
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Tropical storm leaves 100 dead, missing in Vietnam
More than 100 people were dead or missing in flash floods and landslides as heavy rains brought by tropical storm Kammuri pounded mountainous northern Vietnam, officials have said.
At least 72 people died and 37 were missing since the storm hit the poor and widely deforested region from Friday, having previously lashed Hong Kong and south-eastern China, central and provincial emergency officials said.
Worst-hit was Lao Cai province near the Chinese border, where at least 36 people died and 32 were missing, hundreds of houses were destroyed or damaged, and transport links were cut, isolating some areas, emergency officials said.
"Landslides have hit many areas, but flash floods have caused the largest number of deaths," said Pham Van Quang, an official with the provincial flood and storm control committee. "It's still raining hard here.
"At least 800 houses have been destroyed or damaged. We are still trying to get in touch with local authorities to help the people there. Rescue efforts are ongoing but they are being slowed by the severe weather."
Mr Quang said that authorities were updating the figures of dead and missing, but that they had no contact with some districts because of cut telephone lines and roads, including the "completely isolated" Bat Xat district.
At least 25 people died and four were missing in neighbouring Yen Bai province, said emergency services official Nguyen Thi Hai Yen, who said the Red River that also flows through the capital Hanoi had dangerously swollen.
In coastal Quang Ninh, eight people have been killed, including a five-year-old boy whose family home was buried in a landslide, and seven construction workers whose roadside tent was buried under an avalanche of mud and rocks.
Three people died in Phu Tho province and one person missing.
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More than 100 people were dead or missing in flash floods and landslides as heavy rains brought by tropical storm Kammuri pounded mountainous northern Vietnam, officials have said.
At least 72 people died and 37 were missing since the storm hit the poor and widely deforested region from Friday, having previously lashed Hong Kong and south-eastern China, central and provincial emergency officials said.
Worst-hit was Lao Cai province near the Chinese border, where at least 36 people died and 32 were missing, hundreds of houses were destroyed or damaged, and transport links were cut, isolating some areas, emergency officials said.
"Landslides have hit many areas, but flash floods have caused the largest number of deaths," said Pham Van Quang, an official with the provincial flood and storm control committee. "It's still raining hard here.
"At least 800 houses have been destroyed or damaged. We are still trying to get in touch with local authorities to help the people there. Rescue efforts are ongoing but they are being slowed by the severe weather."
Mr Quang said that authorities were updating the figures of dead and missing, but that they had no contact with some districts because of cut telephone lines and roads, including the "completely isolated" Bat Xat district.
At least 25 people died and four were missing in neighbouring Yen Bai province, said emergency services official Nguyen Thi Hai Yen, who said the Red River that also flows through the capital Hanoi had dangerously swollen.
In coastal Quang Ninh, eight people have been killed, including a five-year-old boy whose family home was buried in a landslide, and seven construction workers whose roadside tent was buried under an avalanche of mud and rocks.
Three people died in Phu Tho province and one person missing.
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Overstromingen in Vietnam
Als gevolg van zware regenval hebben in het Noorden van Vietnam overstromingen en landverschuivingen plaatsgevonden. Er zijn 62 doden gevallen waarvan een groot deel tijdens de nachtelijke uren overvallen zijn door het natuurgeweld. Nog een groot aantal mensen wordt vermist.
In deze regio van Vietnam komen het in dit jaargetijde meestal erg veel en zware buien voor. De verwachting is dat het voorlopig nog zware buien mogelijk zijn in het noordelijk deel van Vietnam. Bekijk de gedetailleerde verwachting voor de regio.
Vietnam grenst aan China en of het zuidelijk deel van China ook hevige regen- of onweerbuien te verwerken, met name de regio Hong Kong, waar de Olympische Spelen plaatsvinden.
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Als gevolg van zware regenval hebben in het Noorden van Vietnam overstromingen en landverschuivingen plaatsgevonden. Er zijn 62 doden gevallen waarvan een groot deel tijdens de nachtelijke uren overvallen zijn door het natuurgeweld. Nog een groot aantal mensen wordt vermist.
In deze regio van Vietnam komen het in dit jaargetijde meestal erg veel en zware buien voor. De verwachting is dat het voorlopig nog zware buien mogelijk zijn in het noordelijk deel van Vietnam. Bekijk de gedetailleerde verwachting voor de regio.
Vietnam grenst aan China en of het zuidelijk deel van China ook hevige regen- of onweerbuien te verwerken, met name de regio Hong Kong, waar de Olympische Spelen plaatsvinden.
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Dozens killed in Vietnam floods
At least 62 people in northern Vietnam have been killed by flash floods and landslides caused by a tropical storm. Dozens of people are missing and entire villages have been cut off in Lao Cai, the worst-affected province. A rescue effort led by the army is under way but is being hampered by the severe weather.
Tropical storm Kammuri, which came in from the Gulf of Tonkin and made landfall on Friday, hit China with rain and winds earlier in the week. Officials in the mountainous province of Lao Cai, which borders China, told news agencies that tens of thousands of people had been stranded after roads were washed away. Further landslides have been predicted, sparking fears that the death toll could rise.
Rivers in the worst-hit province of Lao Cai have risen
Mud and water
The government said that more than 60 people were missing in several northern provinces, including Lao Cai. Hundreds of houses have been destroyed. In Yen Bai, an official told Associated Press that some people were killed in their homes as they slept.
The water and walls of mud came at night when everybody was sleeping," Luong Tuan Anh was quoted as saying. "They could not run to safety. Kammuri is the ninth tropical storm of the year. Earlier in the week, China evacuated nearly 400,000 people and called thousands of vessels back to port as the storm lashed its southern coast.
Bron:BBC News/Asia | Gewijzigd: 1 februari 2017, 15:24 uur, door Joyce.s
At least 62 people in northern Vietnam have been killed by flash floods and landslides caused by a tropical storm. Dozens of people are missing and entire villages have been cut off in Lao Cai, the worst-affected province. A rescue effort led by the army is under way but is being hampered by the severe weather.
Tropical storm Kammuri, which came in from the Gulf of Tonkin and made landfall on Friday, hit China with rain and winds earlier in the week. Officials in the mountainous province of Lao Cai, which borders China, told news agencies that tens of thousands of people had been stranded after roads were washed away. Further landslides have been predicted, sparking fears that the death toll could rise.
Rivers in the worst-hit province of Lao Cai have risen
Mud and water
The government said that more than 60 people were missing in several northern provinces, including Lao Cai. Hundreds of houses have been destroyed. In Yen Bai, an official told Associated Press that some people were killed in their homes as they slept.
The water and walls of mud came at night when everybody was sleeping," Luong Tuan Anh was quoted as saying. "They could not run to safety. Kammuri is the ninth tropical storm of the year. Earlier in the week, China evacuated nearly 400,000 people and called thousands of vessels back to port as the storm lashed its southern coast.
Bron:BBC News/Asia | Gewijzigd: 1 februari 2017, 15:24 uur, door Joyce.s
Overstromingen en modderstromen eisen 86 levens in Vietnam
In Vietnam hebben de afgelopen dagen 86 mensen het leven verloren door overstromingen en modderstromen die het gevolg zijn van hevige regenval. Zo'n 38 mensen zijn nog vermist.
De regen werd veroorzaakt door de tropische storm Kammuri die vrijdag over Vietnam trok. Nu het minder hard regent, kan de zoektocht beginnen naar de vermisten, zegt de overheid. Ook de politie en het leger helpen mee in de reddingsoperaties.
De situatie blijft intussen wel gevaarlijk. Verwacht wordt dat de meeste rivieren pas maandag hun hoogste peil zullen bereiken.
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In Vietnam hebben de afgelopen dagen 86 mensen het leven verloren door overstromingen en modderstromen die het gevolg zijn van hevige regenval. Zo'n 38 mensen zijn nog vermist.
De regen werd veroorzaakt door de tropische storm Kammuri die vrijdag over Vietnam trok. Nu het minder hard regent, kan de zoektocht beginnen naar de vermisten, zegt de overheid. Ook de politie en het leger helpen mee in de reddingsoperaties.
De situatie blijft intussen wel gevaarlijk. Verwacht wordt dat de meeste rivieren pas maandag hun hoogste peil zullen bereiken.
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Dodental overstromingen Vietnam verder opgelopen
Het aantal doden en vermisten tengevolge van een tropische storm die afgelopen weekend over het noorden van Vietnam trok is opgelopen tot 151. Zeker 101 mensen kwamen om bij de aardverschuivingen en overstromingen die de storm veroorzaakte en vijftig mensen worden vermist.
De provincie Lao Cai en de aangrenzende provincie Yen Bai werden het zwaarst getroffen. Duizenden reddingswerkers zoeken naar overlevenden en brengen voedsel naar de zwaarst getroffen gebieden. Veel dorpelingen zitten nog vast op het dak van hun huis. Enkele honderden treinpassagiers, onder wie zo'n vijftig buitenlanders, kwamen onderweg naar het toeristische dorpje Sapa vast te zitten omdat de spoorlijn op verschillende plaatsen was overstroomd.
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Het aantal doden en vermisten tengevolge van een tropische storm die afgelopen weekend over het noorden van Vietnam trok is opgelopen tot 151. Zeker 101 mensen kwamen om bij de aardverschuivingen en overstromingen die de storm veroorzaakte en vijftig mensen worden vermist.
De provincie Lao Cai en de aangrenzende provincie Yen Bai werden het zwaarst getroffen. Duizenden reddingswerkers zoeken naar overlevenden en brengen voedsel naar de zwaarst getroffen gebieden. Veel dorpelingen zitten nog vast op het dak van hun huis. Enkele honderden treinpassagiers, onder wie zo'n vijftig buitenlanders, kwamen onderweg naar het toeristische dorpje Sapa vast te zitten omdat de spoorlijn op verschillende plaatsen was overstroomd.
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Floods, landslides kill 28 in south-west China
Landslides and flash floods have killed at least 28 people in south-west China and 11,200 have been forced to leave their homes, state media reported. Tropical storm Kammuri triggered disasters last week that affected 1 million people in Yunnan province, according to civil affairs officials' estimates, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Kammuri, the third tropical storm to hit China this year, landed in the southern province of Guangdong on August 6, before sweeping westward to Yunnan. In addition to those killed in Yunnan between Thursday and Monday, at least eight people were missing, Xinhua said.
About 2,700 homes were destroyed in Yunnan and 13,000 were damaged, with officials estimating losses at 549 million yuan ($AU91.2 million), mostly from damaged crops, officials were quoted as saying. In Maguan county, one of the worst-hit areas, a landslide on Saturday left nine people dead, two missing and five injured, the report said.
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Landslides and flash floods have killed at least 28 people in south-west China and 11,200 have been forced to leave their homes, state media reported. Tropical storm Kammuri triggered disasters last week that affected 1 million people in Yunnan province, according to civil affairs officials' estimates, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Kammuri, the third tropical storm to hit China this year, landed in the southern province of Guangdong on August 6, before sweeping westward to Yunnan. In addition to those killed in Yunnan between Thursday and Monday, at least eight people were missing, Xinhua said.
About 2,700 homes were destroyed in Yunnan and 13,000 were damaged, with officials estimating losses at 549 million yuan ($AU91.2 million), mostly from damaged crops, officials were quoted as saying. In Maguan county, one of the worst-hit areas, a landslide on Saturday left nine people dead, two missing and five injured, the report said.
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Flood deaths increase to 119 in northern Vietnam
HANOI, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Flash floods in some Vietnamese northern provinces caused by a storm since last Friday have killed119 local people and left 40 others missing, according to the country's Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control on Wednesday.
The flash floods and landslides by 21:00 Tuesday had also injured 86 others in the 10 provinces of Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Phu Tho,Quang Ninh, Ha Giang, Lang Son, Bac Can, Lai Chau, Thai Nguyen andDien Bien.
Of the 119 victims, 53 were from Lao Cai, 35 from Yen Bai, ninefrom Ha Giang, eight from Phu Tho and Quang Ninh each, two from Lang Son, and one from Bac Can, Lai Chau, Thai Nguyen and Dien Bien each.
The floods have destroyed 798 houses, inundated 17,888 others, and damaged 15,218 hectares of paddy rice and other crops, as well as some road and rail sections in the provinces, the committee said.
The government has instructed sectors and localities to overcome aftermath of the floods. Local rescuers, including many soldiers, have been actively seeking the missing people, and distributing rice, instant noodles, drinking water, medicines, clothes, blankets and mosquito-nets to people hit by the floods and landslides.
Bron:Chinaview.cn
HANOI, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Flash floods in some Vietnamese northern provinces caused by a storm since last Friday have killed119 local people and left 40 others missing, according to the country's Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control on Wednesday.
The flash floods and landslides by 21:00 Tuesday had also injured 86 others in the 10 provinces of Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Phu Tho,Quang Ninh, Ha Giang, Lang Son, Bac Can, Lai Chau, Thai Nguyen andDien Bien.
Of the 119 victims, 53 were from Lao Cai, 35 from Yen Bai, ninefrom Ha Giang, eight from Phu Tho and Quang Ninh each, two from Lang Son, and one from Bac Can, Lai Chau, Thai Nguyen and Dien Bien each.
The floods have destroyed 798 houses, inundated 17,888 others, and damaged 15,218 hectares of paddy rice and other crops, as well as some road and rail sections in the provinces, the committee said.
The government has instructed sectors and localities to overcome aftermath of the floods. Local rescuers, including many soldiers, have been actively seeking the missing people, and distributing rice, instant noodles, drinking water, medicines, clothes, blankets and mosquito-nets to people hit by the floods and landslides.
Bron:Chinaview.cn
