Environment

Danang has declared a disaster emergency after late-October floods and Typhoon Fengshen caused severe erosion at the An Luong embankment and along the coast, forcing 64 households to evacuate.

Hue City is forecast to see widespread heavy rainfall exceeding 1,000 millimetres in some areas, raising the risk of severe flooding.

A resident in the southern province of Vinh Long’s Thanh Duc Ward has handed over a stray Javan pangolin, one of the world’s most endangered mammals, to local forest rangers.

Authorities in southern An Giang Province have found 191 suspected South American iguanas kept illegally at a local farm.

Typhoon Fung Wong has weakened to level 12 after entering the East Sea and is moving toward Taiwan with little likelihood of affecting Vietnam.

HCM City has proposed a USD 370 million plan to dredge and upgrade Ba Lon Canal as worsening floods hit the city’s southern districts.

Super typhoon Fung Wong moved into the northern East Sea early November 10, becoming the 14th storm this year with sustained winds of level 13 and gusts of level 16.

Several international meteorological agencies said Typhoon Fung-wong could reach its peak at level 16 on November 9.

Typhoon Kalmaegi has weakened into a low-pressure zone over southern Laos on November 7.

A Burmese python weighing more than 30 kilogrammes was discovered curled up inside a house in Quang Tri Province before being safely captured and released by local authorities.

Peak tides in HCM City on November 6-7 may exceed historic records, raising the risk of flooding.

Hue is struggling with thick mud and piles of drifting waste covering streets, riversides and residential areas.

Kalmaegi moved into the East Sea on the morning of November 5 with maximum sustained winds at level 13.

At least 26 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced as rains driven by Typhoon Kalmaegi flooded swathes of the central Philippines on November 4.

Typhoon Kalmaegi is set to bring strong winds, thunderstorms and heavy rain to central and Central Highlands provinces from November 6 to 9.

Large volumes of floating rubbish and decayed timber have covered the surface of Hua Na Reservoir in Nghe An Province after recent storms.

Typhoon Kalmaegi is forecast to enter the East Sea on November 5 and rapidly strengthen, possibly reaching level 13 with gusts at level 17.

A man in the central province of Quang Tri found a rare pangolin crawling on a street on October 31 and handed it over to authorities.

More than 5,300 houses in Ha Tinh and Quang Tri were inundated after days of heavy rain, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate and nearly 65,000 students to stay home from school.