#Disaster

Indonesia’s Ministry of Social Affairs has established 854 Disaster Resilient Villages (KSB) and 208 social shelters to anticipate natural disasters in several vulnerable areas across the country.

A project to build more than 430 houses resilient to storms and floods for needy households in coastal areas of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue will be carried out from 2019 to 2020.

A fire broke out at a house in Hung My commune, Cai Nuoc district, Ca Mau province on November 13, killing an 11-year old girl, according to the Cai Nuoc district People’s Committee.

A team of French rescue experts began hunting through a huge expanse of debris on the outskirts of the Indonesian city of Palu on Saturday, looking for hands, feet or any body parts of earthquake victims sticking out of the mud.

As rescue workers comb through chunks of concrete and lumber searching for survivors, Indonesian officials say that 832 people were killed in a powerful earthquake and tsunami on the island of Sulawesi.

The north central province of Thanh Hoa has called for the Government’s support to help local people to overcome consequences of natural disasters and stabilise their lives.

PSNews - Vietnamese agencies, businesses, organizations, and individuals have offered aid to victims of the collapse of the Sepien-Senamnoi hydropower dam in Sanamxay district of the Lao province of Attapeu.

Hundreds of people are missing and an unknown number dead after a dam under construction collapsed in south-east Laos, state media reported.

The guns have fallen silent in the Congolese town of Mwene Ditu, but each day starving children arrive at the small hospital there battling for their lives.

Continuous heavy rain since November 19 evening worsened the inundation in lowland areas in the central provinces of Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Tri, with three people reported dead.

PSNews – A delegation led by Mr. Pham Minh Chinh, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Organizing Commission, on November 19, visited and presented gifts to households and people affected by recent landslides and floods in Bac Tra My district, Quang Nam province.

PSNews – A working delegation of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) led by Senior Lieutenant General Bui Van Nam, Deputy Minister of Public Security, visits and inspects disaster relief and support operations for victims of the recent floods in Yen Bai.

Rescue workers have recovered 270 bodies so far from a mudslide in the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, the mayor said on Tuesday, as rescue operations continued and morgues struggled to find space for all the dead.

A special relief committee organized by authorities of Son La Province has collected US$25,700 (VND597 million) from donors across the country for relief from the effects of recent flooding.