1,300 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand
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More than 1,400 dead across Asia after 'rare' cyclone & typhoon converge
By Shanna Hanbury At least 1,400 people have died as a result of flooding and landslides across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, with many more still missing. The unusual combination of a tropical typhoon and two tropical cyclones is behind the mounting humanitarian disaster.
Unusually destructive storms have killed at least 1,350 people across the region and displaced millions in South and Southeast Asia.
Authorities in Vietnam confirmed on Sunday (Nov. 30) that Typhoon Koto has killed at least three people and left one missing as the storm nears the country’s central coastline, unleashing violent winds and towering seas that sank cargo and fishing vessels already battered by weeks of flooding.
TMD confirmed that Typhoon Koto will not move into Thailand but warned of a drop in temperatures and possible heavy rainfall in the South.
A Thai crocodile farmer who goes by the nickname “Crocodile X” said he killed more than 100 critically endangered reptiles to prevent them from escaping after a typhoon damaged their enclosure. Natthapak Khumkad, 37, who runs a crocodile farm in ...
THE death toll in widespread flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains in South-East Asia has mounted, with at least one more person reported killed in Vietnam and five others in Thailand, with tens of thousands displaced.
A deadly typhoon sweeping Southeast Asia has raised serious concerns about the safety of travel to Vietnam and Thailand. At least five people died after the typhoon made landfall in Vietnam on Thursday, following 188 deaths and widespread destruction in ...
STORY: Parts of Vietnam remained severely flooded on Wednesday (September 11), after the deadly Typhoon Yagi hammered the Southeast Asian nation with gales and torrential rain. In Thai Nguyen, some 50 miles from the capital Hanoi, residents rowed their ...
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Colder weather forecast until Saturday
Parts of Thailand, including Bangkok, will experience colder weather until Saturday, forecasters said on Thursday, confirming that Typhoon Koto in the South China Sea will not enter the country.