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Typhoon Molave lashes Vietnam coast, 26 fishermen missing
Reuters, Published on 28/10/2020
» HANOI: At least 26 fishermen were missing at sea as one of the strongest typhoons in two decades tore into Vietnam's central coastline on Wednesday, uprooting trees and forcing hundreds of thousands into shelter.
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Vietnam races to prepare devastated central region as typhoon nears
Reuters, Published on 27/10/2020
» HANOI: Vietnam was rushing to ensure more than half a million people were out of harm's way on Tuesday, ahead of the arrival of a powerful typhoon set to dump more heavy rain on a central region devastated by weeks of intense weather.
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Vietnam ready to evacuate 1.3m people as typhoon nears
Reuters, Published on 26/10/2020
» HANOI/MANILA, Vietnam is preparing to evacuate nearly 1.3 million people as it braces for the impact of typhoon Molave, which lashed the Philippines overnight causing flooding, landslides and leaving at least a dozen fishermen missing on Monday.
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Typhoon Molave lashes main Philippine island, 12 fishermen missing
Reuters, Published on 26/10/2020
» MANILA: A strong typhoon lashed the southern part of the Philippines' main Luzon island overnight, dumping heavy rains, toppling power lines and leaving at least 12 fishermen missing on Monday, disaster officials said.
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Philippines, Vietnam brace for tropical storm Saudel
Reuters, Published on 20/10/2020
» HANOI/MANILA: Authorities in Vietnam and the Philippines braced on Tuesday for a tropical storm that could bring flooding and landslides in both countries, as the death toll in Vietnam from weeks of adverse weather rose to 105, with dozens still missing.
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Vietnam troops find more bodies after latest deadly landslide
Reuters, Published on 19/10/2020
» HANOI: Vietnamese soldiers with heavy machinery and rescue dogs searched on Monday for the last remaining troops buried under a mudslide, after recovering 18 bodies from the latest in a week of deadly landslides caused by unrelenting rains.
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Natural disasters soar in last 20 years, Asia hardest hit: UN
Reuters, Published on 12/10/2020
» GENEVA: There has been a dramatic increase in extreme weather events in the past 20 years, which are taking a heavy human and economic toll worldwide and are on track to expand further, and Asia has been hardest-hit, the United Nations said on Monday.
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Indonesia's Widodo defends Covid-19 record
Reuters, Published on 04/10/2020
» JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo defended his record of fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, asking for no "polemics" or "commotion" amid criticism that he is putting the economy over public health.
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'Extreme distress' of Singapore migrant workers in spotlight
Reuters, Published on 05/08/2020
» SINGAPORE: A migrant in Singapore who self-harmed and was pictured bloodied in a stairwell has heightened concerns over the mental health of thousands of low-paid workers confined to dormitories in the city-state due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Malaysia uncovers largest shipment of dumped toxic waste
Reuters, Published on 19/07/2020
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia discovered 110 containers of hazardous heavy metals from Romania and bound for Indonesia that had illegally entered the country and were abandoned last month, its largest case of dumped toxic waste, state media Bernama reported on Sunday.
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