Disasters
Floods
Luang Prabang Villagers Hit by Flash Floods
A number of villages in Nan District, Luang Prabang Province have been hit by severe flash floods after torrential rain on Monday evening.A massive rainstorm has finally broken the severe drought that gripped the country for months, causing flash flooding in Luang Prabang.The Nan River ...
The Laotian Times
https://laotiantimes.com/2019/07/31/luang-prabang-villagers-hit-by-flash-floods/
PNPC Dam Collapse Survivors Reluctantly Accept Lowball Compensation Offers
Nearly one year after the collapse of a saddle dam that caused a disaster described as Laos’ worst flooding in decades, struggling survivors are reluctantly accepting compensation for about 50 percent of their total property losses.The disaster occurred on July 23, 2018, when a saddle ...
RFA’s Lao Service
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/laos-pnpc-compensation-50-percent-07102019134051.html
Eighty nine families relocated after flash flooding in Attapeu
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Some 89 households were moved to higher ground after heavy rainfall over several hours caused flash flooding to dwellings and routes in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province on July 2-3.Sanamxay district Governor Bounhom Phommasane told Vientiane Times yesterday that “Authorities did not ...
Keoviengkhone Bounviseth
http://annx.asianews.network/content/eighty-nine-families-relocated-after-flash-flooding-attapeu-99590
Laos to give data to prevent Isan floods
Laos has agreed in principle to provide data and information about water resources and management plans involving the Mekong River directly to Thai authorities to assess the water situation and take action to prevent floods in eight northeastern provinces. More ...
Post Reporters
https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1693396/laos-to-give-data-to-prevent-isan-floods
South Korean power company lends helping hand to flood-hit Attapeu school
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Electricity bills at Sanamxay Secondary School in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province, will now be much lower thanks to help from the Korea Western Power Company Limited (KOWEPO), which has installed solar power at the school.The company decided to help the school ...
Investigators: Laos' Dam collapse not a “force majeure” event
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The collapse of saddle dam D at the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydroelectric power project in Attapeu province last year was not considered as “force majeure”, a senior government official said yesterday.Vice President of the National Investigation Committee (NIC) formed by the government to ...
Times Reporters
Infrastructure restoration underway in flood-hit Sanamxay district
ATTAPEU, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The restoration of roads and construction of a waste water treatment facility in flood-affected Sanamxay district of Attapeu province is progressing as planned.A progress report was presented to the Deputy Minister of Public Works and Transport, Mrs Vilaykham Phosalath, and ...
Somxay Sengdara
Attapeu flood victims to receive 2,221 tonnes of rice
The government has obtained 2,221 tonnes of rice worth over 16 billion kip from the Asean plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR+3) for distribution to flood victims in Attapeu province.Each Asean member country has an emergency rice reserve, and the rice stock in Laos is ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Compensation talks begin for Lao dam disaster victims
LAO AUTHORITIES say negotiations have begun over compensation for the victims of last summer’s Xe Pian-Xe Nam Noy Dam collapse, but environmental activists and rights campaigners want the dam’s backers to do more than just pay out money – they should help restore their livelihoods, ...
PRATCH RUJIVANAROM
Survivors of Laos' PNPC Dam Disaster Still Struggling
Survivors of a July 2018 dam disaster described as Laos’ worst flooding in decades are still dealing with physical and mental hardship, according to an official of a South Korean-led relief effort.The disaster occurred when a saddle dam at the Xe Pian Xe Namnoy (PNPC) ...
Radio Free Asia