Overall Green alert Flood
in Laos

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1102890
Death: 1
Displaced: -
Countries: Laos
From - To 09 Sep - 11 Sep

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Tropical Cyclone Yagi, Laos, September 2024Heavy rain brought by Tropical Cyclone Yagi caused flooding in Laos in September 2024. Areas in Luang Namtha Province were particularly badly affected after the overflow of several rivers including the Nam Tung, Nam Tha, and Nam Ngene.Wed 11 Sep 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Latest media headlines

Myanmar’s junta chief made a rare request on Saturday for foreign aid .. 9/14/2024 9:59:00 PM.

Myanmar’s junta chief made a rare request on Saturday for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people who have already endured three years of war. Floods and landslides have killed almost 300 p
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Myanmar junta makes rare request for foreign aid to cope with deadly f.. 9/14/2024 8:27:00 PM.

Myanmar’s junta chief made a rare request Saturday for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people who have already endured three years of war. Floods and landslides have killed almost 300 peop
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Vietnam typhoon death toll rises to 233 as more bodies found in areas .. 9/14/2024 8:15:00 PM.

Most fatalities have come in the province of Lao Cai, where a flash flood swept away the entire hamlet of Lang Nu on Tuesday. Eight villagers turned up safe on Friday morning, telling others that they had left before the deluge, state-run V
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Myanmar junta makes rare request for foreign aid 9/14/2024 7:09:00 PM.

Myanmar''s junta chief made a rare request yesterday for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people who have already endured three years of war. Outside another temple, Buddhist nuns in pink
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),