Overall Green alert Flood
in Vietnam

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Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1103491
Death: 1
Displaced: -
Countries: Vietnam
From - To 31 Aug - 15 Sep

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Viet Nam - Severe weather, floods and landslides (ECHO 21 Sep 2025)Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:10

  • Heavy rainfall, strong winds and lightning have been affecting several provinces of southern Viet Nam - Ha Tinh, Tuyen Quang, Lao Cai, Son La, Ca Mau, Dong Nai and An Giang -  since 11 September, causing floods, landslides and severe weather-related incidents that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • The ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADINet) reports, as of 16 September, one fatality in the Ha Tinh province and one injured person in the Son La province due to lightning. In addition, the same source also reports a total of more than 1,800 affected people, over 450 damaged houses and three damaged schools across all the aforementioned affected provinces.
  • Over the next 96 hours, more heavy rainfall is forecasted across the country, especially over southern Viet Nam.
Dong Nai Province, Vietnam, Mid-September 2025Disaster authorities reported flooding in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam, in mid-September 2025.Mon 15 Sep 2025Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (37), (2), NASA (4), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),