Overall Red alert Flood
in Laos

Event summary

This flood can have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1000210
Death: 100
Displaced: 6600
Countries: Laos
From - To 23 Jul - 26 Jul

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 58 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

BANGKOK, 31 July 2018 (NNT) – The Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha pra ... Tue, 31 Jul 2018 14:48:00 +0200.

BANGKOK, 31 July 2018 (NNT) – The Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha praised the efforts of Thai authorities in Indonesia to help Thai tourists affected by an earthquake and postponed the planned reception for rescuers at Tham Luang cave, pen
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Lao People's Democratic Republic (the): Lao PDR: Flooding in Sanamxay ... Tue, 31 Jul 2018 06:36:00 +0200.

Highlights. • Tropical storm Son-Tinh has affected several provinces, the most severe being Sanamxay District. Attapeu Province. This is the largest flood the country has seen in the past ten years. • Staff from several UN agencies particip
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Lao People's Democratic Republic (the): Lao PDR: Flooding in Sanamxay ... Tue, 31 Jul 2018 06:36:00 +0200.

Highlights. • Tropical storm Son-Tinh has affected several provinces, the most severe being Sanamxay District. Attapeu Province. This is the largest flood the country has seen in the past ten years. • Response activities have begun with sta
...(more)
Asia & PacificTue, 31 Jul 2018 04:30:00 +0200.

South Korea plans to invest 1.5 trillion won ($1.34 billion) over the next 10 years in its semiconductor industry, according to Yonhap News Agency. Paik Ungyu—the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Energy—made this announcement Monday when vi
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Analytical products

JRC Emergency Report on Laos Dam Break: Update 1

31/Jul/2018 06:48 UTC

The dam break analysis, performed by JRC, has identified the areas mostly affected and the extent is in good agreement with the analysis performed using radar satellite images although the distinction between monsoon/tropical storm rainfall contribution and dam break contribution is not easy.
The analysis has shown that the most affected locations have been hit after 7 h from the break and therefore ample time was available to alert the population; however the night conditions have been probably not favourable for a timely and effective alerting, if those mechanisms are implemented in the country.
The estimated water height was about 5-10 m and therefore consistent with the images of people at the top of the buildings. The water extent is in good agreement with the estimation of the water content done using radar satellite images.

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: UNOSAT (1), EC-JRC (36), NASA (7), INFORM (1), (1),