Laos - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org Let No Man Take Your Crown Fri, 22 Nov 2019 13:01:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-Screen-Shot-2024-05-16-at-1.06.13-PM-32x32.png Laos - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org 32 32 Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Hits Laos – EMSC https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/magnitude-6-0-earthquake-hits-laos-emsc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=magnitude-6-0-earthquake-hits-laos-emsc Fri, 22 Nov 2019 13:01:17 +0000 http://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/?p=29771 The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported that a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Laos on Thursday, with the epicenter registered some 219 kilometers northwest of Vientiane at an approximate depth of 10 kilometers. There has been no information on damage or casualties. Eyewitnesses said, cited by EMSC, that the tremor was felt over 100 kilometers away from...

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The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported that a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Laos on Thursday, with the epicenter registered some 219 kilometers northwest of Vientiane at an approximate depth of 10 kilometers.

There has been no information on damage or casualties. Eyewitnesses said, cited by EMSC, that the tremor was felt over 100 kilometers away from the epicenter.

The EMSC later downgraded the quake’s magnitude to 5.7. The EMSC also said that another quake with a recorded magnitude of 6.1 hit Thailand moments after the tremor jolted neighboring Laos.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damages from the second quake, which the agency said also struck at a depth of about 10 kilometers, some 92 kilometers northeast of Muang Nan.

Laos and Thailand are situated in a seismically active part of the planet where the Indo-Australian Plate runs up against the Eurasian Plate.

In March 2011, dozens of people were reportedly killed in an earthquake in Myanmar that hit the nation’s border region with Thailand and Laos.

Source: https://sputniknews.com/asia/201911211077364177-magnitude-60-earthquake-hits-laos—emsc/

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]]> Hundreds missing after dam collapses in Laos https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/hundreds-missing-after-dam-collapses-in-laos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hundreds-missing-after-dam-collapses-in-laos Tue, 24 Jul 2018 01:05:41 +0000 http://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/?p=6539 The collapse of a dam in Laos has reportedly left hundreds of people missing and an unknown number dead. Some 5 billion cubic meters of water were released onto villages. Hundreds of people are missing and an unspecified number are believed to be dead after the collapse of the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydroelectric dam in southeast Laos, state media...

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Rescuers helping locals escape floodwaters in the aftermath a dam break in Laos (Reuters)

Villagers wait on their rooftops in the aftermath a dambreak in Laos (Reuters/ABC Laos News)

Hundreds of people are missing and an unspecified number are believed to be dead after the collapse of the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydroelectric dam in southeast Laos, state media reported on Tuesday.

The accident happened at a dam in southeastern Attapeu province late on Monday, releasing 5 billion cubic meters of water with “several human lives claimed, and several hundreds of people missing,” the Laos News Agency said.

More than 6,600 people have been left homeless after their homes in the southern part of the district were swept away, the report said, and officials in the province have put out a call for relief aid for flood victims. Journalist Frederic Spohr, speaking with DW from Laos, called the event, “a major catastrophe for Laos and for the region.”
A map of laos showing the location of a dam that collapsed

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith suspended meetings and led a delegation of cabinet members to the region to monitor events, the official Laos news agency KPL said.

ABC Laos reported that officials had brought boats to help evacuate people in San Sai district of Attapeu province, where the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam is located.

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Hundreds of people are missing after a hydropower dam in Laos collapsed, state media reported on Tuesday
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$1.2-billion project

The $1.2-billion (€1.02-billion) dam is part of a project by Vientiane-based Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy Power Company, or PNPC, a joint venture formed in 2012.

The Laos News Agency said the companies involved include Thailand’s Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding, South Korea’s Korea Western Power and the state-run Lao Holding State Enterprise.

The 410 megawatt capacity dam was due to start commercial operations by 2019, according to the project website.

It planned to export 90 percent of electricity generated to neighboring Thailand, with the remaining amount to be offered up on the local grid.

The ‘battery of Asia’

The Xepian-Xe Nam Noy dam is part of Laos’ massive plan to create a network of hydroelectric power plants. “Laos is not a manufacturing hub, it doesn’t have skilled labor but what it has are hills and a lot of water. So the strategy was to kind of make Laos the battery of Asia,” Spohr told DW.

For years, critics such as the US-based International Rivers, have warned of the negative impact such plans could have on the flora and fauna of the Mekong River as well as the villages of local residents who depend on them for their livlihood. Furthermore, they fear such plants will be unable to withstand increasingly extreme weather conditions like the series of five massive monsoons that battered the country in 2013, affecting some 347,000 Laotians.

Rivers International also pointed to the failings of Laos’ warning system in this most recent event, saying: “This also shows the inadequacy of the warning systems for the dam construction and operations. The warning appeared to come very late and was ineffective in ensuring people had advance notice to ensure their safety and that of their families.”

js,law/rt (AFP, AP, Reuters)

Source: https://www.dw.com/en/hundreds-missing-after-dam-collapses-in-laos/a-44800846

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