Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City is learning to live with floods but climate change has raised the stakes
Ho Chi Minh City faces regular flooding from the Saigon River and surrounding waterways. Climate change has increased the severity of these inundations, forcing the city to adapt.
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) — It is the flood Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City has learned to expect. Forecasters warned on Sept. 27 that high tides could combine with heavy rain to increase the risk of flooding in Ho Chi Minh City, one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable cities. As heavy rain combined...
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