Overall Green alert Flood for Vietnam
in Vietnam

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1100547
Death: 5
Displaced: -
Countries: Vietnam
From - To 20 Jul - 28 Jul

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Northern Vietnam, July 2020Vietnams Disaster Management Authority reported flooding and landslides in Ha Giang and Cao Bang Provinces after heavy rainfall from around 20 July, 2020. Five fatalities occurred in Ha Giang Province, including 2 in floods in Bac Quang district, 2 in a landslide in Hoang Su Phi district and 1 in a landslide in Ha Giang city.Mon 20 Jul 2020FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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Articles: 8 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Severe flooding halts hydropower plant in northern VietnamTue, 21 Jul 2020 10:15:00 +0200.

A prolonged period of heavy rain which triggered severe flooding from July 19 to July 21 in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang has caused significant losses to local households and construction sites throughout the locality. A s
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How can Hanoi prepare for heavy rains and floods?Mon, 20 Jul 2020 15:57:00 +0200.

A meeting of the National Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control in early July discussed solutions to cope with the heavy rains and floods in the northern uplands and delta. The meeting took place at a time when heavy
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River dams in China helped alleviate drought along Lancang-Mekong, res ... Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:17:00 +0200.

A fisherwoman walks on an embankment on October 31, 2019, on the Mekong River in Pak Chom district in Thailand during the drought. Photo: AFP China was one of the countries that suffered the most from a severe drought along the Lancang-Meko
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Northern mountainous region must prepare for extreme weatherMon, 13 Jul 2020 18:04:00 +0200.

Erosion caused by flash flood in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai’s Bát Xát District between July 3 and 5. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The northern mountainous region is set to experience extreme and unpredictable weather from now un
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),