Tag: Hurricanes & storms

Flooding in Hanoi after deadly Typhoon Yagi batters northern Vietnam • FRANCE 24 English

Typhoon Yagi battered Vietnam at the weekend, killing nearly 200 people and causing major flooding. Hanoi evacuated thousands living near the Red River as water levels reached a…

Hurricane Francine batters US state of Louisiana • FRANCE 24 English

Hurricane Francine slammed into Louisiana Wednesday with potential for life-threatening flooding and storm surge as residents of the southern US state were advised to hunker down indoors. #hurricane…

Myanmar junta requests aid after deadly floods: ‘They use aid for weapons’ • FRANCE 24 English

Myanmar’s junta chief made a rare request Saturday for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people who have already endured…

Southeast Asia ravaged by deadly floods, landslides after Typhoon Yagi • FRANCE 24 English

Hundreds of villagers in Myanmar waded or swam through chin-high waters, fleeing severe floods around the remote capital Naypyidaw on Friday, while Vietnam began clearing up after deadly…

Hundreds evacuated as Storm Boris ravages eastern and central Europe • FRANCE 24 English

Hundreds of people have been evacuated or rescued from their homes in Romania as Storm Boris wreaks havoc across central Europe. Since Thursday, swathes of Austria, the Czech…

Central Europe braces for more flooding as death toll rises • FRANCE 24 English

Residents of several areas of Poland and the Czech Republic rushed to evacuate on Monday, as others in central Europe began cleaning up after the worst flooding in…