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57 Dead in Tropical Storm 'Mirinae' : Vietnam
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by Amitjha | November 3, 2009 at 10:23 pm
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Last day Chinese media highlighted the success of cloud seeding by the Chinese met department. And today there is the news from Taiwan that a tropical cyclone named, Mirinae, killed 57 people.
Is there any correlation in these two events, well climatologist will say they need thousands such experiments to come at any conclusion. We are one world and we have several treaties for all kind of acts, whether arms or nuclear weapon, food, hunger. But we don't have any such treaty for this kind of climatic experiments, which may or may be not, affect other country. Bush fire in country do affect the climate of the other country. So do we really need such treaty, of course binding in nature?
The death toll from Tropical Storm Mirinae rose to 57 in Vietnam on Wednesday as authorities stepped up rescue and relief operations in
the affected central regions.
In the hardest-hit province of Phu Yen, 24 more deaths were reported as information trickled in from isolated areas, disaster official Dang Thi Lanh said on Wednesday. An additional 18 people were reported missing.
The storm and flooding left another 18 people dead and seven others missing, according to disaster officials and the government's Web site.
Soldiers using speed boats continued to move people from flooded homes and provide victims with instant noodles and water, Lanh said.
Authorities have evacuated nearly 15,000 people from Phu Yen, where the water began to recede Wednesday. A day earlier, many families scrambled to rooftops to escape the overflowing Ha Thanh River.
In the neighboring province of Binh Dinh, two military helicopters continued to drop food and water to villagers still stranded in isolated areas, said Ho Quoc Dung, deputy chairman of the provincial People's Committee.
The storm and flooding also left 52 people injured, destroyed or damaged 14,000 homes, and damaged about 12,400 acres (5,000 hectares) of rice and other crops, according the national committee for flood and storm control.
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at 03:40 on November 4th, 2009
Thanks for this.
at 04:55 on November 4th, 2009
Though its not proved but if the cloud seeding had anything to do with this just guess the havoc before scientists conclude with what they said "need thousands such experiments to come at any conclusion"!!
Russia is also attempting this to keep snow off Moscow. Lets see what happens next.