New research shows how the combination of extreme climate events, sea-level rise and land subsidence could create larger and deeper floods in coastal cities in future.

Scientists discovered that a week of full submergence is enough to kill most rice plants, making flooding a far greater threat than previously understood. Intensifying extreme rainfall events may amplify these losses unless vulnerable regions adopt more resilient rice varieties.

HANOI: Vietnam is bracing for another powerful storm in the East Sea (internationally known as the South China Sea) as communities in the south-central region struggle to recover from the country's deadliest flooding in years,