Viet nam forum environmental journalists

(Chinadaily)-At least 200 people were buried under tons of mud and feared dead on Thursday after a slum built atop a former landfill gave way in the latest deadly landslide to hit metro Rio de Janeiro.

(AFP)-At least 30 people were killed and thousands evacuated from their homes in southern Kazakhstan Friday when two burst dams unleashed massive flooding, officials said.

(Dantri)-Ho Chi Minh City has hundreds of places that are susceptible to floods and the outlying districts are no exception. The total damage cost is estimated to be more than VND 14 trillion (USD 727 million) per year.

(VietNamNet Bridge)-HCM City has hundreds of flooded sites in the inner city caused by flood tides and rains. The city also has a dozen dike-bursting incidents in outlying areas each year. Total losses caused by floods are estimated at over 14 trillion dong (nearly $780 million) a year.

(VietNamNet Bridge)-Some land areas in South Sai Gon as well as canals and tributaries in the outskirts of HCM City have been improperly filled, causing flooding in many areas in the city, according to the Institute of Environmental Management and Science and Technology.

(AFP)-Heavy rains in the Gulf desert state of the United Arab Emirates caused flooding, traffic jams, car accidents and school closures on Tuesday, after four weather-related deaths at the weekend.

(VietNamNet Bridge)-Organisations and individuals found violating flood prevention regulations will be punished, according to Decree 04/2010/ND-CP.

(VietNamNet Bridge)-Construction of a Red River flood drainage corridor worth nearly VND100 trillion (US$5.2 billion) will soon begin after getting the approval of city's People's Council by the end of the first quarter.

(Chinadaily)-Rescue workers in Madeira dug through heaps of mud, boulders and debris Sunday, searching for victims buried by floods and mudslides that have killed at least 42 people on the popular Portuguese island.

(AFP)-Brazil's Sao Paulo state -- South America's most important economic region -- is experiencing its wettest summer in 63 years, with flooding and landslides killing at least 69 people, officials said Friday.