Previously, when major floods occurred, the water levels rose gradually and people had time to move their vehicles to safer ground,” he said.

TASS/. At least 324 people have died or gone missing as a result of a massive flood in northern Vietnam, the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said.

Indonesian rescuers have recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country's main island ...