Typhoon threatens floods, kills 33 in Vietnam

Date: Sep 29, 2009

Tropical storm to hit Laos today, watch out !

Date: Sep 29, 2009

be looking it be wiping out the vietnam and the kampussi before it be hitting the lao

bip_01 · Senior Member

I hope things get better for the Philippines. Such a tragic storm. I saw some clips of people being swept from the waters and was heartbreaking.

I hope Laos and Vietnam are prepared.

Date: Sep 29, 2009

My heart goes out to the Philippines I hope it doesn't get worst than this.

DK · Member

Crap...gotta give grandma a call...good thing her house is on stilts

Date: Sep 29, 2009

DK wrote:

Crap...gotta give grandma a call...good thing her house is on stilts

hopefully it won't bring a lot of rain to those place, otherwise our rice would be under the water again, fuccck typhoon

Date: Sep 29, 2009

Who should we blame?

America? for not following the Kyoto protocal furious

Date: Sep 29, 2009

Anonymous wrote:

Who should we blame?

America? for not following the Kyoto protocal

America my butt!!, It's mother nature. this is pha-yu season. it' happend anywhere.

bip_01 · Senior Member

yeah it's the forces of nature.
people just love to blame the US hahahha

Date: Sep 29, 2009

Anonymous wrote:

My heart goes out to the Philippines I hope it doesn't get worst than this.

Thanks to Bip_01 and you for your sympathy. It was really devastating, so many people are still suffering until now. We have already mobilized everything at our disposal but the effect was so massive and so many peopl lost almost everything they invested in their homes, if not their lives.

I hope this kind of flooding will not happen to Laos or to any other country. Its just too much to bear. I hope that storm will detour to the ocean, or if it indeed come, it will loose its strength before it hit the region. Once again our heartfelt gratitude!

Date: Sep 29, 2009

No one is to blame in this kind of disaster as it is Mother Nature's fury. Its a reminder to all of us that we are just human and that we need to take care of our environment. Laos should work hard to preserve your natural beauty, your country still has forests, you need to preserve that to maintain balance of nature.

Cheers to Laos!

Date: Sep 29, 2009

Anonymous wrote:

No one is to blame in this kind of disaster as it is Mother Nature's fury. Its a reminder to all of us that we are just human and that we need to take care of our environment. Laos should work hard to preserve your natural beauty, your country still has forests, you need to preserve that to maintain balance of nature.

Cheers to Laos!

some people in US doesnt know about something because they have been suppressed to some evidence... it is really global warming effect. because the US doesnt to ratify this so it may tell it people that it is a cause of nature. that's why some comment above said it is a nature caused.

But reality it is not a nature cause, it is global warming, the people live in this area, know typoon become increasing frequent and dangerous day by day...

I think as long as it doesnt happen in where they live, they would not really realise this... so sad

Date: Sep 29, 2009

Anonymous wrote:

No one is to blame in this kind of disaster as it is Mother Nature's fury. Its a reminder to all of us that we are just human and that we need to take care of our environment. Laos should work hard to preserve your natural beauty, your country still has forests, you need to preserve that to maintain balance of nature.

Cheers to Laos!

so funny/.... developed country tell least developed country to preserve the nature, and control the limit of gas emission.... so unfair...

before, why those developed country didnt do it...
this is right, you reach that place and u tell people the way to go is dangerous...

Date: Sep 29, 2009

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

No one is to blame in this kind of disaster as it is Mother Nature's fury. Its a reminder to all of us that we are just human and that we need to take care of our environment. Laos should work hard to preserve your natural beauty, your country still has forests, you need to preserve that to maintain balance of nature.

Cheers to Laos!

so funny/.... developed country tell least developed country to preserve the nature, and control the limit of gas emission.... so unfair...

before, why those developed country didnt do it...
this is right, you reach that place and u tell people the way to go is dangerous...

I tell you what, because we have been through this and now we experience how painful mother nature retaliates. I dont see what is so funny about that. Be thankful that you have not experience it and that you still have a lot of opportunities to learn from our experience and not commit the same mistake... Is this messsage not clear enough.

I always tell there is a way to develop without compromising nature. Many of you always say copy this and copy that. I tell you, do not just copy, the better way to go is learn from other nation's mistakes and adopt the best practices. If you open your mind and set aside your prejudice you will understand what I mean.

Date: Sep 29, 2009

before, why those developed country didnt do it...
this is right, you reach that place and u tell people the way to go is dangerous...

Because developing country can be overcome by greed and high ambition... Look at what is happening to Laos. In its desire to get out from the list of poorest nation, it grabs whatever it takes to attain progress. Its not yet too late for Laos. Be wise!

Date: Sep 29, 2009

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

No one is to blame in this kind of disaster as it is Mother Nature's fury. Its a reminder to all of us that we are just human and that we need to take care of our environment. Laos should work hard to preserve your natural beauty, your country still has forests, you need to preserve that to maintain balance of nature.

Cheers to Laos!

some people in US doesnt know about something because they have been suppressed to some evidence... it is really global warming effect. because the US doesnt to ratify this so it may tell it people that it is a cause of nature. that's why some comment above said it is a nature caused.

But reality it is not a nature cause, it is global warming, the people live in this area, know typoon become increasing frequent and dangerous day by day...

I think as long as it doesnt happen in where they live, they would not really realise this... so sad

Enough is Enough with the conspiracy theories, if only change caused by a real man made, the blame game would not be as severe. and the fact is , this planet earth has been evolving, had been through the inflame period. Cold period, without any causes by man.especially fossil combustion. also the real cause of main pollution to influence the climate change is more from the planet earth itself, Earthquake, Storm, the shifting of the plate tectonics, Volcanic activities under the sea, and mainly the energy generated by the sun. and It would be more productive if all of these experts put all the effort on the real cause of man made pollution area, the fact is the earth climate changes in every minute and every moment. and i don't want to be sucked into another scary Y2k tactics. again, i'm not an expert on this issues, but i do some homework by read all the report and do some research.

PS. still respect yrrr point.

SeeHarHed · Guru

Let's hope the storm become weaker by the time it hits Laos. Hopefully, those folks in Laos are ready for this storm. I'll pray for their safety

. Sa thuuuu Sa thuuuuu!!!

Date: Sep 30, 2009

Typhoon threatens floods, kills 33 in Vietnam

Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:09am IST

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By Ho Binh Minh

HANOI (Reuters) - The biggest floods in decades threatened Vietnam's central provinces on Wednesday after a powerful typhoon swept into the country after wreaking havoc in the Philippines.

At least 33 people died from floods and landslides in seven coastal and central highland provinces and river waters in Quang Nam provinces could reach a level last seen in 1964 by Wednesday evening, state media said.

Around 170,000 people were evacuated before the typhoon made landfall. Ketsana weakened into a tropical low pressure system and had moved into southern Laos on Tuesday night, the national weather centre said.

"The National Search and Rescue Committee should continue to instruct (the military) to send forces to rescue people," Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai said late on Tuesday.

He urged authorities to quickly resume power supplies to the typhoon-hit region, including Quang Ngai province where Vietnam's first oil refinery, Dung Quat, was due to reopen on Wednesday after an outage shut the plant's test runs last month.

The refinery had been on track to resume operations at 65 percent capacity on Wednesday, officials had said, before reaching full capacity of 140,000 barrels per day next month.

Ketsana hit the Philippines at the weekend, killing 246 people there and causing damages totalling nearly $100 million, officials said. Philippine authorities braced for another storm that could hit later this week.

In Vietnam, several thousand homes were inundated and some areas were under one metre of water. Nearly 900 passengers on north-south trains were stranded in Thua Thien-Hue province, the official Vietnam News Agency said.

Date: Sep 30, 2009

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Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:09am IST

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HANOI (Reuters) - The biggest floods in decades threatened Vietnam's central provinces on Wednesday after a powerful typhoon swept into the country after wreaking havoc in the Philippines.
At least 33 people died from floods and landslides in seven coastal and central highland provinces and river waters in Quang Nam provinces could reach a level last seen in 1964 by Wednesday evening, state media said.
Around 170,000 people were evacuated before the typhoon made landfall. Ketsana weakened into a tropical low pressure system and had moved into southern Laos on Tuesday night, the national weather centre said.
"The National Search and Rescue Committee should continue to instruct (the military) to send forces to rescue people," Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai said late on Tuesday.
He urged authorities to quickly resume power supplies to the typhoon-hit region, including Quang Ngai province where Vietnam's first oil refinery, Dung Quat, was due to reopen on Wednesday after an outage shut the plant's test runs last month.
The refinery had been on track to resume operations at 65 percent capacity on Wednesday, officials had said, before reaching full capacity of 140,000 barrels per day next month.
Ketsana hit the Philippines at the weekend, killing 246 people there and causing damages totalling nearly $100 million, officials said. Philippine authorities braced for another storm that could hit later this week.
In Vietnam, several thousand homes were inundated and some areas were under one metre of water. Nearly 900 passengers on north-south trains were stranded in Thua Thien-Hue province, the official Vietnam News Agency said.

Our sympathy goes to all the victims of this deadly typhoon in Vietnam. Though there were also damage and fatalities, we are glad that Ketsana did not do as much damage as we experienced. How about in Laos, any news how this storm affected the country?

Date: Sep 30, 2009

let's blame it on the U.S biggrin

Date: Sep 30, 2009

xoxo wrote:

let's blame it on the U.S

yea when things goes wrong is U.S. faults

When you need HELP! is U.S. too!

Date: Sep 30, 2009

8 die in Cambodia, what about Laos? How many people died? disbelief

Date: Sep 30, 2009

Check out the video about this disaster, it was terrible
I pray for all the victims' family.

cry

SeeHarHed · Guru

xoxo wrote:

let's blame it on the U.S

EERRR!!!! kuc la dae... kee bor ork, yil bor ork ga mee tair blame on U.S. hun la.. un dai bor deee la thim sai U.S. mode... nel dee dee la jung hub aow.. kuc nor!!

bip_01 · Senior Member

So far no reports of deaths in Laos. In Cambodia there are reports of 11 deaths.

HANOI - Flooding up to one meter (more than three feet) deep was reported in southern Laos on Wednesday as Tropical Storm Ketsana pushed deeper into Southeast Asia, leaving a trail of death and destruction.

There were no reports of fatalities in Laos but Salavan town and villages along the Sekong River had been hit by waters 60 centimeters to one meter deep, United Nations sources said, quoting reports from the region.

Two villages were reported submerged in Sekong province and there were also reports of flooding in southernmost Attapeu province, the sources said.

Government officials had asked UN vehicles to help evacuate those affected but the number of people needing help was unclear, they said.

Earlier Wednesday a government spokesman said there were no immediate reports of casualties in Laos, one of Asia's poorest countries.

The affected provinces in Laos are just west of the hardest-hit parts of Vietnam where Ketsana, then a typhoon, killed 55 people on Tuesday.

Laos's southern neighbour Cambodia on Wednesday reported at least 11 deaths from Ketsana.

Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/world/09/30/09/meter-high-floods-reported-laos

-- Edited by bip_01 on Wednesday 30th of September 2009 08:43:45 PM

Date: Sep 30, 2009

Laos is safe, thanks Buddha!

Date: Oct 1, 2009

laos is a landlock country. Before it hits Laos, it has to ripe through the surrounding borders...ie Vietnam, Cambodia first.....so yes, thanks to buddah.

Date: Oct 1, 2009

Keep cutting the trees and destroy the rain forests, then a weak storm in the future will definitely have greater devastation than now.

Date: Oct 1, 2009

It breaks my heart to see those people going through such a devastate ordeal and thanks to Buddha my beloved Laos was not hit as hard.
I preyed for those who have lost their love ones and also the people who are
still struggling right now, I hope help get there very soon.
This just isn't fair for something like this to have happen to this people.

Date: Oct 1, 2009

no news about Laos doesn't mean she isn't affected - communication with rural areas has been affected so news will come in later.

at the time this article was written, news about the severity of the impact on Attapeu province had yet to come in...

& only later will we know how many farmers in Salavan, Sekong, etc have lost their rice harvest for this year & how many families have lost almost all their income :(

KPL news:

http://www.kpl.net.la/english/news/edn2.htm

Ketsana cuts communication and electricity supply in southern provinces

(KPL) Road No.16 , bridges, villages, communication and electricity systems were cut and flooded immediately by the overflow of the Sekong River in Sekong Province since Wednesday’s morning, after Ketsana tropical storm landed on many southern provinces on Tuesday’s evening, according to local authority.

At the same time, the water level of the Sedon River, under the influence of the storm, further swelled and submerged rice fields and some villages in two districts of Khongsedon and Vapy, Saravane province.

A press release of the southern province of Sekong reported yesterday that hundreds of families living in Pakpoun and Don Chane villages, Lamam district, along the Sekong River, were affected severely by the power of the storm, when Sekong River’s water level went up over the limited line.

Mr Sida Souvanasai, Head of the Sekong Province Administration Office, disclosed yesterday that Sekong River’s water level began to increase continuously at 3-4 a.m. on Wednesday’s morning. According to the initial observation, the water level increases immediately after Ketsana’s arrival.

Until now many roads and villages in Sekong province were completely cut, especially Road No.16 and bridges linking the province with the neighbouring provinces of Saravane, Attapeu and Champassak. These bridges are also under water but there is no report on casualties, said Mr Sida.

He said the water level was higher than the limited line from 10 to 28 meters and the level was expected to go further up than Wednesday’s level if there was more rain.

Now provincial officials concerned dispatched task force teams with necessary relief aid to help flood victims. But they told local officials yesterday that the victims lacked basic facilities such as boats, food and shelters.The Saravane Meteorology and Hydrology Office disclosed yesterday that Ketsana tropical storm already hit this southern province on Tuesday’s afternoon. Ketsana’s influence yesterday caused many of the river’s tributaries to swell up and flooded two districts in Saravane Province.

Mr Keomany Souvannasin, technical officer of the Saravane-based Meteorology and Hydrology Office, reported yesterday that the water level in Sedon River rose over the limited line from 11.50 to 12.80 meters and put villages and wet-season rice farmland in Vapy and Khongsedon districts, Saravane province, under water. So far there has been no report on casualties.

A latest report from Attapeu province said yesterday that Sekong River had caused an extensive flooding of villages and wet-season farmland. But the report could not provide the extent of the floods caused by the tropical storm “Ketsana”.