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Vietnam, Asian Nations to Launch Satellite Network to Track Natural Disasters
Over the last year, Southeast Asia's weather patterns have been fickle to say the least. One minute, the streets of Saigon are disappearing under water , the next we're facing a months-long drought . In 2015, flooding in the Central Highlands threatened to wash people away as they drove home, planes were grounded in central Vietnam and an epic storm in Hanoi killed two people. While some managed to have a sense of humor about their predicament, the onslaught of weather-related emergencies was – and still is – concerning.