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The number of people evacuated due to Malaysia’s worst-ever floods jumped to more than 160,000 on Saturday (December 27). The number of people evacuated jumped from 100,000 a day before, the New Straits Times newspaper reported. Northeastern peninsular Malaysia, which is worst affected part of the country, is regularly hit by flooding during the annual “northeast monsoon”, but this year’s rains have been particularly heavy Prime Minister Najib Razak cut short a vacation in the U.S. to tour […]
Thai authorities warned residents in at least seven southern provinces to brace for more flash floods in the coming days as rain shows no sign of letting up, local media reported on Saturday (December 27) The Meteorological Department forecast on its website that rain was likely to intensify, especially in Phattalung, Songkhla, Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat provinces. Accumulative rain is expected from December 28 to January 1, 2015 due to the northeast monsoon across the southern part and the Gulf of Thailand In Yala, local […]
MANILA, Philippines (ENS) — More than 710,000 people were affected by tropical storm “Mario” which is expected to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Sunday afternoon. Floods have also generally subsided in Metro Manila and Luzon, and only pockets of floodwater have remained, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Saturday, Sept. 20. NDRMMC executive director Alexander Pama said that 710,120 persons or 153,976 families were affected in the Ilocos […]
MANILA, Philippines — Continuous heavy rains in Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon prompted the country’s weather bureau to raise the “red” rainfall warning over Metro Manila, Rizal, Bulacan and Laguna, which meant that severe flooding is expected in these areas. In its heavy rainfall warning number 6 issued at 9 a.m. today, PAGASA already included the province of Laguna in the previous three areas (Metro Manila, Rizal and Bulacan) where the red rainfall […]
Streets have turned into rivers amid severe flooding in parts of central Italy. Robby Malabanan reports
