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 1103263
Death: 10
Displaced: -
Countries: Vietnam
From - To 09 May - 27 May

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Viet Nam - Landslide, update (ECHO 25 May 2025)Tue, 20 May 2025 10:05

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting northern Viet Nam, mainly Bac Kan and Lai Chau provinces, since 16 May, triggering multiple landslides and flash floods that have resulted in casualties, damage, including power outages, loss of livestock, and farmland.
  • As at 19 May, media reports indicate at least nine fatalities, one person missing, and four injured. Multiple landslides have further damaged several houses and crops, and killed 90 cows.
  • Over the next 48 hours, more rainfall, with locally heavy to very heavy downpours and thunderstorms, is forecast across Viet Nam, including the already affected provinces.
Vietnam - Floods
  • Heavy rainfall affected the Ha Tinh province in north-central Viet Nam on 24-25 May, causing flooding that has resulted in damage.
  • According to the ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADINet), as of 26 May, a total of 1,800 people and 450 houses have been affected by floods, and more than 2,220 hectares of crops have been damaged.
  • On 27-28, more rainfall is forecast for Vietnam. Very heavy rainfall is expected over the northern part of the country on 29 May.
Tue 27 May 2025Provided by ECHO Daily Flash
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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),