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Taiwan uses AI to predict typhoon paths, as storm approaches
Reuters, Published on 13/09/2024
» TAIPEI - As tropical storm Bebinca barrels towards waters off northern Taiwan gathering strength into a possible typhoon, weather forecasters in Taipei are using a new and so far successful method to help track its path - artificial intelligence (AI).
Torrential rain causes havoc in New Zealand, hundreds forced from homes
Reuters, Published on 19/08/2022
» WELLINGTON: Torrential rain hit parts of New Zealand for a fourth day on Friday, forcing hundreds of people from their homes as rivers overflowed their banks and waterlogged ground becomes unstable.
Philippines to protest to China over manmade island ‘airbase’
Reuters, Published on 09/01/2018
» MANILA: The Philippines will make a diplomatic protest to China, which the southeast Asian nation's defence minister described as having reneged on a promise not to militarise artificial islands in the busy South China Sea waterway.
Vietnam escapes damage after typhoon takes heavy toll in Philippines
Reuters, Published on 26/12/2017
» HANOI: A storm that battered the Philippines killing more than 230 people in floods and landslides lost its power on Tuesday as it passed over Vietnam where hundreds of thousands had taken cover.
Vietnam braces for typhoon that killed 230 in Philippines
Reuters, Published on 25/12/2017
» HANOI/MANILA: Authorities in Vietnam prepared to move a million people from low-lying areas along the south coast on Monday as a typhoon approached after it battered the Philippines with floods and landslides that killed more than 230 people.
Death toll from Vietnam storm climbs to 69 ahead of summit
Reuters, Published on 07/11/2017
» DANANG, Vietnam: Vietnam released water from seven dangerously full reservoirs on Tuesday, just days before a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders and after a typhoon killed nearly 70 people.
Floods and landslides kill 37 in Vietnam
Reuters, Published on 12/10/2017
» HANOI: Floods and landslides after a tropical depression have killed at least 37 people and damaged homes and crops in northern and central Vietnam.
Japan holds drills for natural disasters, and missiles too
Reuters, Published on 01/09/2017
» TOKYO -- Japan held annual exercises on Friday to prepare for disasters but this year it was not just the danger of earthquakes and tsunamis that was on the minds of many people - the threat of North Korean missiles also loomed large.
Vietnam floods kill 26, cause damage estimated at B1.4bn
Reuters, Published on 07/08/2017
» HANOI -- Floods in northern Vietnam have killed 26 people and washed away hundreds of homes over the past week, causing damage estimated at more than 940 billion dong (1.4 billion baht), the government's disaster agency said on Monday.
Family of four among 14 killed in floods in northern Vietnam
Reuters, Published on 14/07/2017
» HANOI -- At least 14 people, including a family of four, have been killed in floods brought on by constant heavy rain in northern Vietnam over the past week, and more rain is expected, a government agency said on Friday.