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In mega-city Lagos, 20 million count on just 100 ambulances
AFP, Published on 16/09/2025
» LAGOS — Standing outside a public hospital in Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city, Michelin Hunsa is still "traumatised" from the two-hour wait it took to get an ambulance for her mother, found unconscious by her neighbours.
Foreigner avoiding flooded road drives into sea
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/09/2025
» A foreigner accidentally drove his car along a yacht launching ramp and into the sea at a private pier in Phuket in broad daylight on Tuesday morning.
Foreigner avoiding flooded road drives down yacht ramp into sea
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 09/09/2025
» PHUKET - A foreigner accidentally drove his car along a yacht launching ramp and into the sea at a private pier in Phuket in broad daylight on Tuesday morning.
Flooding, persistent rain in North
Published on 23/07/2025
» Nan and Phayao have taken a battering from tropical depression Wipha, even after it was downgraded to a low-pressure system on Wednesday, while flash flood and landslide warnings remain in place for 40 provinces.
Storm Wipha kills 2 Chinese tourists, more rain forecast
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/07/2025
» Strongs winds and a stormy sea claimed the lives of two Chinese tourists, and weathermen warned of continued downpours as the after-effects of Typhoon Wipha continue to hit parts of Thailand.
'Took a few seconds': survivors recount how sudden storm drowned dozens in Vietnam
Published on 21/07/2025
» HA LONG - The thunderstorm came so suddenly that it overturned the boat within seconds, said two survivors of the shipwreck which killed at least 35 people in Vietnam's top tourist spot of Ha Long Bay and left another four missing.
Storm Wipha kills 2 Chinese tourists, more rain forecast
Published on 21/07/2025
» PHUKET - Gusting winds and a storm-tossed sea claimed the lives of two Chinese tourists on Sunday, and weathermen on Monday warned of continued downpours as the after-effects of Typhoon Wipha continue to pound parts of Thailand.
Tourism revival goes into reverse
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 21/07/2025
» Over the past three years, Thai tourism has been struggling to regain the peak it once reached prior to the pandemic, while neighbouring countries Malaysia and Vietnam have already surpassed their performance in 2019, recording 37 million and 17 million tourist arrivals, respectively.
Vietnam hunts 4 missing after sudden thunderstorm capsized tourist boat
Published on 20/07/2025
» HA LONG BAY/HANOI, Vietnam - Dozens of rescuers were scrambling in Vietnam on Sunday to trace four missing people after retrieving the bodies of dozens killed when a thunderstorm capsized a boat in the top tourist destination of Ha Long Bay, authorities said.
Chinese crewman crushed by ship's crane off Surat Thani
News, Published on 16/07/2025
» A Chinese crewman was crushed to death by a cargo crane on a merchant vessel off the coast of Surat Thani on Tuesday, according to local marine authorities.