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Tropical Storm Pakhar approaching southern Vietnam in April 2012, the only known recorded storm that affected the country in the month of April. April 1, 2012 — Tropical Storm Pakhar (Bão số 1) affected the southern provinces of Vietnam, making landfall near Vũng Tàu. The storm destroyed about 4,400 homes in the district. [20]
Deadliest meteorological events during 2012 Rank Event Date(s) Deaths (+Missing) Refs 1 Typhoon Bopha: December 3 1,901 [2] 2 Pakistan monsoonal floods: September–October 455 [3] 3 Hurricane Sandy: October 22–29 233 [4] 4 Krasnodar Krai floods: July 7 172 [5] 5 Rwanda landslides May 131 [6] 6 Monsoonal floods in Assam, India June 26 122 [7] 7
[1]: 27 In Vietnam, the monsoon circulation is a combination of both the South Asian and Northeast Asian monsoon systems. [1]: 27 This leads to four distinct seasons of which Winter (November–March) and Summer (May–September) are the major ones while Spring (April) and Fall (October) are transitional ones. [1]: 27
Vietnam is preparing for more flooding with a tropical depression forecast to strengthen into a storm as it heads to its central coast, days after typhoon Yagi set off floods and landslides that ...
November 22 – Vietnam Coast Guard arrested 11 pirates who hijacked the MT Zafirah ship. [7] December 20 – Sơn La Dam was completed. [8] December 28 – Lê Quốc Quân was arrested for tax evasion. [9]
Operation Popeye / Sober Popeye (Project Controlled Weather Popeye / Motorpool / Intermediary-Compatriot) was a military cloud-seeding project carried out by the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War in 1967–1972.
Disasters and accidents An Antonov An-72 plane carrying senior Kazakh border officials crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing all 27 on board. (BBC) An Air Bagan plane carrying more than 60 passengers, including many foreigners, from the city of Yangon to Heho Airport in Shan State, Burma, makes an emergency landing, killing a passenger and a motorcyclist and injuring 11 others. (BBC ...
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