On 18 June, Lao authorities issued a directive instructing all levels of disaster management, from national to local, to prepare for potential natural disasters during the upcoming rainy season.
The directive emphasizes the need for enhanced monitoring systems, improved emergency readiness, and rapid response capabilities, especially in high-risk areas. Authorities...
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...
"Hazards are not disasters (yet) they can wreak havoc and become disasters when people are vulnerable.
"Risk-informed development planning can ensure that vulnerability to natural...
Typhoon Mangkhut is on track to miss Laos after tracking data Monday morning had the destructive storm headed roughly West-North-West from Hong Kong towards South-West China.
Nonetheless,...