Disasters and emergency response

Officials and military personnel last week used aircraft and trucks supplied by the Lao People’s Army to deliver emergency supplies including drinking water, food, boats, tents and household essentials to six provinces devastated by floods. Tropical depression Podul and other weather systems that have passed over ...

(KPL) More than 122,800 households in six southern provinces have been affected by recent flood with 14 deaths, according to the National Disaster Prevention and Control Committee.The six provinces include Khammuan, Savannakhet, Saravan, Sekong, Champassak and Attapeu.Five deaths have been reported in Champassak, four in ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Two people have died and two others are missing, while more than 54,000 households in six provinces have been affected by storms that have caused widespread flooding.Tropical depression Podul and other weather systems that have passed over southern and central Laos ...

The price of sticky rice is skyrocketing in Laos, in the wake of massive floods in one of the country’s most fertile regions and various other causes, amid rising prices of food in general due to the African swine flu epidemic that has ravaged China ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Many provinces in central and southern Laos are struggling to cope with floods after days of heavy rain unleashed by a tropical depression, with Saravan province being the hardest hit.Champassak, Saravan, Xekong, Savannakhet, Khammuan and Attapeu provinces have all suffered varying ...

CHAMPASSAK, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A fisherman who was stranded on a rocky outcrop in the Mekong River in Khong district, Champassak province, on Monday was rescued at 2 am on Wednesday.The fisherman, identified as Mr Pong, 41, from Phiengdy village, was immediately taken to ...

The southern region of Laos been devastated by severe floods after two consecutive tropical storms hit the region.Affected areas include Champasack, Salavanh, Sekong, Attapeu, and Savannakhet provinces. Residents of these regions are have been completely devastated and are desperately trying to defend their homes, livestock, ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Several provinces are suffering in the wake of prolonged downpours, with many houses, smallholdings and farms partially submerged under floodwater.Xekong province in particular has been affected and the level of the Nam Xekong river has risen to 12 metres, just below ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Floodwater inundated many areas of Savannakhet and Khammuan provinces after tropical storm Podul blasted through over the weekend, leaving one person dead and damaging large swathes of rice crops.Flooding occurred in many parts of the country after the Meteorology and Hydrology ...

Huaphan provincial authorities are speeding up their search for six people missing after a landslide swept away two houses in Hindam village, Viengxay district on August 3.Seven people were reported missing. One body was found several days later and identified as being one of the ...