(Baonghean.vn) - Due to climate change and erratic weather, many countries in Asia such as China, Bangladesh, India, Vietnam... have suffered serious floods in recent times.
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| Cyclone Mora made landfall in Bangladesh on the morning of May 30, 2017, with winds of up to 135 km/h. The storm and floods destroyed thousands of houses and forced more than 500,000 people in coastal villages to evacuate. In this photo: Bangladeshi people evacuate to avoid Cyclone Mora in Cox's Bazar district, Chittagong province on May 30. Photo: EPA/VNA. |
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| Khorsheeda Khatun, 28, and her two daughters were forced to leave their home and evacuate to Kutupalang Makeshift in Bangladesh after Cyclone Mora made landfall there. Khorsheeda's house was severely damaged by Cyclone Mora. Photo: CNN. |
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| On July 3, 2017, heavy rains caused floods that submerged cities in central and southern China, including Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Sichuan and Guizhou. Authorities confirmed that 33 people died and 15 were missing. In this photo: Floods submerged facilities in Liuzhou, Guangxi Province. Photo: Reuters |
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| Increasingly severe weather, caused by climate change, is exposing hundreds of millions of people in South Asia to dangerous natural disasters. Flooding in Liuzhou, Guangxi in July 2017. Photo: CNN. |
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| Experts say that installing early warning systems is perhaps the best investment a country and a city can make to avoid unnecessary losses from floods. A scene of flooded houses in China. Photo: Tasnim. |
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| Heavy rains in early July 2017 caused river levels to rise, causing flooding and landslides. Several houses in Kyodo, Japan were swept away by floodwaters, leaving dozens of people stranded in flood-hit areas while more than 430,000 people in the affected areas were asked to evacuate and seek shelter. |
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| At least 10 people are missing and 400,000 others have been forced to evacuate after record-breaking rains hit southwestern Japan, causing rivers to swell. In the photo: Floods devastated the Asakura area, Fukuoka Prefecture. Photo: Internet |
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| In July 2017, heavy monsoon rains caused severe flooding in several states in northeastern India. In Assam, 52 people have died so far and more than 1.75 million have been affected by the floods. Twenty-six of the state’s 33 districts remain under water. Last week, heavy rains in Gujarat caused flooding, killing seven people and leaving three missing. |
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| The floods are concentrated in three major Himalayan rivers in South and East Asia: the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Yangtze. About 500 million people, or 50% of the population of India and Bangladesh, and about 300 million people, or about 25% of China’s population, live in the river basins of these three rivers. Floods in India have left thousands of homes under water. Photo: Reuters. |
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| On the afternoon of May 27, 2017, a heavy rain fell on Bangkok, causing many areas of the city to be flooded, while the drainage system could not respond in time to the pouring rain. Photo: Internet |
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| The rainy season in Thailand usually lasts from June to November. The flooding that occurred in early January is considered an unusual weather phenomenon. Thailand is facing many difficulties due to unseasonal floods in the southern region of the country. Floods in January 2017 killed 40 people. Pictured is a scene of flooding in Thailand earlier this year. Photo: Reuters. |
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| On the morning of July 17, 2017, due to the impact of storm No. 2, heavy rain poured down on Hanoi, causing many roads and streets to be deeply flooded. The weather made it difficult for people to travel, in some places, workers had to take advantage of the time to live in the middle of flooded roads. |
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| Heavy rains cause unusually high water levels in a day or an hour, increasing the likelihood of flooding. Of course, heavy rains do not cause flooding, but it mainly depends on the terrain and infrastructure of the city. Photo of flooding on Duong Dinh Nghe Street, Hanoi. Photo source: Knowledge. |
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