Details of Disaster Information


Viet Nam : Flood : 2009/07/05
GLIDE: FL-2009-000124-VNM  DRR & Disaster Information

Duration 2009/07/05
Country
   or
District		 Viet Nam
Name Flood
Outline Heavy rains triggering floods and landslides in mountainous northern regions of Vietnam have killed at least 15 people, destroyed houses and damaged roads, the government and state-run radio said on 5 July 2009.

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury Material Damage Others
Government of Vietnam
Dead: 22
Missing: 13
Injured: 2		 Collapsed houses: 19
Flooded houses: 509

Related Links
Report/Articles
  • Government of Vietnam
    As of 5 July 2009, rains in the northern areas has decreased and flood has been down.
  • Reuters AlertNet 2009/07/05
    About 300 people were forced to leave homes destroyed in landslides, provincial roads were eroded and small fields of rice, corn and cassava in the three provinces were damaged, the report said.
Geographycal Data Information
Pictures
  • UNOSAT 2009/07/11
    Flash-Flood Affected Areas in Nguyen Phuc, Bach Thong, Bac Kan Province, Viet Nam (as of 11 July 2009)