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| the October 2017 Issue |
1. Recent Water-related News
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1-1 Hurricane Harvey (USA: Texas, Louisiana, ect.)
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2017.9.6 WRIC.com
"Debris shows Houston's recovery from Harvey, in photos"
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1-2 Hurricane Irma (Caribbean: Saint Martin, Virgin Islands, Barbuda, Cuba, Puerto Rico, etc. and USA: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, etc)
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2017.9.12 DW.com
"Hurricane Irma: millions without power as clean-up starts in Caribbean, Florida"
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1-3 Hurricane Maria (Caribbean: Dominica, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, etc and USA: North Carolina, etc.)
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2017.10.9 Earth Networks.com
"Hurricane Maria Aftermath"
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1-4 Hurricane Nate (Central America: Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, etc. and USA: Northern Gulf Coast)
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2017.10.9 Business Insider
"Photos show Hurricane Nate's destruction in the Gulf Coast and Central America"
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1-5 Typhoon Hato (China, Macao, and Hong Kong)
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2017.8.24 PressTV.com
"Typhoon Hato kills 16 in southern China, Macau"
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1-6 Floods and landslides in Vietnam (Central and Northern regions)
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2017.10.15 Stuff.co.nz
"Death toll in Vietnam flooding, landslides rises to 68"
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2. International Conference, Forum, and Program
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Vietnam-Japan Workshop
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5th Disaster Management Collaboration Dialogue workshop between Vietnam and Japan was held in Hanoi, Vietnam on October 3rd, 2017.
The workshop was based on the MOC (Memorandum of Cooperation) in the fields of Water Resource Management, Water-related Disaster Management and Climate Change Adaptation between Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT).
More than 200 people from the two governments, local authorities, JBP and private companies attended. The theme of the workshop was Flashflood disaster - Prevention and response measures.
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Disaster Management Collaboration Dialogue workshop
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Director General Kurokawa of Japan's Water and Disaster Management Bureau giving the opening speech
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Conference participants
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3. Others
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