Disasters and emergency response

Sanamxay district, Attapeu province: Military personnel are continuing to deliver food, drinking water, clothes, medicines and other supplies by helicopter to two temporary accommodation centres here, as trucks are unable to access the area.More  ...

Authorities in charge were told to work harder to speed up the search, relief, and recovery effort after the flash flood in Attapeu province, where 99 people are still missing.More ...

Sanamxay district, Attapeu province: Authorities in charge are speeding up the construction of temporary houses to accommodate those made homeless by the flood that raged through here on July 23. Construction is expect to take 45 days after work began two weeks ago.More ...

The government has said it will immediately focus on four main areas of assistance for people affected by the flood caused by the dam failure in Attapeu province’s Sanamxay district. More ...

About 300 people a day are needed in Vientiane to sort through clothing and other items donated by the public for distribution to people left homeless by the flooding in Attapeu. But, at present, only 100 volunteers More ...

Various disasters have claimed 108 lives and caused more than 466 trillion kip in infrastructure losses and property damage across the country from 2010 to date, a new report has revealed. The disasters recorded in Laos included storms, storm-caused flooding, drought, fires, disease outbreaks and insect ...

Three people who were seriously injured when a flash flood hit Sanamxay district, Attapeu province, have died in hospital, bringing the death toll from the disaster to 34 as of August 5.More ...

The number of poor families could be revised up this year in the wake of flooding that has ravaged many parts of Laos, claiming many lives and a huge amount of property. Thousands of people who were previously lifted above the poverty line could be re-classified ...

Some 13 schools and 55 teachers have been affected by the disastrous dam failure which unleashed a torrent of water and ravaged Attapeu province’s Sanamxay district on July 23. Of the 13 schools, one was swept away by the flood,More ...

The National Ad Hoc Committee says the government will give 500,000 kip to each family affected by the flood in Attapeu as emergency assistance in keeping with people’s needs.More ...