Reports

The Disaster Continuous monsoon rains since late July 1999, which meteorologists say are the heaviest in three decades, have effected Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. Additionally, Korea and China have also seen extensive flooding (see separate Federation…

By Yeom Yoon-jung SEOUL, Aug 3 (Reuters) - A typhoon swept across South Korea on Tuesday, capping days of rain, landslides and floods that have killed scores of people in Korea and the Philippines. Typhoon Olga was heading for impoverished North…

S/RES/1257 (1999) Adopted by the Security Council at its 4031st meeting, on 3 August 1999 The Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions on the situation in East Timor, in particular resolution 1246 (1999) of 11 June 1999, Taking note of the letter from the…

HANOI, Aug 3 (Reuters) - A flood-stricken province on Vietnam's south-central coast has appealed for emergency food supplies for some 22,000 people who have been washed out of their homes over the past week. The appeal, which was included in…

By Sayed Salahuddin KABUL, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Opposition leader Ahmad Shah Masood on Tuesday urged the world to help a quarter of a million Afghans he said had fled Taleban troops closing in on his Panjsher valley bastion. "Around 250,000…

By Yeom Yoon-jeong SEOUL, Aug 3 (Reuters) - The worst rains in decades sliced across Asia on Tuesday, killing almost 70 people, displacing tens of thousands and devastating crops and infrastructure. As Typhoon Olga raged towards the Korean peninsula, South Korea…

(According to the Official Report No.67/BC-PCLB on 02 August 1999 issued by the Provincial Committee for Flood and Storm Control of Binh Thuan Province to the CCFSC) We kindly request that the Prime Minister, all appropriate Ministries and Departments, and…

By Sayed Salahuddin CHARIKAR, Afghanistan, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Opposition leader Ahmad Shah Masood and his fighters retreated to their Panjsher valley stronghold on Monday after Afghanistan's ruling Taleban movement captured two key towns and an air base. The Taleban captured…

Hanoi (dpa) - At least 16 people were reported to have drowned and a dozen more were still missing as a result of flash-floods caused by tropical storms in south-central Vietnam, officials said Monday. Vietnamese naval ships were searching for fishermen…

Monsoon rains have left hundreds dead and millions homeless as floods and landslides wreak havoc across Asia. China and India have been worst hit, but Vietnam, the Korean peninsula and Bangladesh have also been badly affected. More than three-hundred people…