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Viet Nam: Flood: 2010/10/03 Country Information on DRR

Period 2010/10/03
Country or District Viet Nam
Event Type Flood
Outline Floods caused by heavy weekend rain killed six people in central Vietnam, the government said on 3 October 2010.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others

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Report/Articles

UN Country Team 2010/10/26
Floods North-Central Vietnam From CCFSC comprehensive report, as of October 14; deaths: 66, missing: 19, injured: 114 and houses flooded: 148,711

•Government of Vietnam 2010/10/10
As of 18:00, 10 October 2010, 66 people have died, 75 are injured, and 17 are still missing.

Government of Vietnam 2010/10/08
Casualities reported are death 52, missing 24 and injured 54.

Government of Vietnam 2010/10/07
So far 48 people have died, 19 are injured, and 18 still missing.

Reuter AlertNet 2010/10/06
So far, 30 people had died in the flooding, an official with the Vietnam Red Cross said. The government\\\'s website put the death toll at 28, with seven missing and nine injured.

Government of Vietnam 2010/10/05
So far 13 people died, 5 people are missing and 4 people injured due to heavy rainfall over the last four days in Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri. Situation is still critical and there is a risk for flashfloods and landslides.

Government of Vietnam 2010/10/04
Torrential rains and consequent flooding over the last days have caused 6 deaths, 2 injured, and more than 6,294 houses flooded or damaged.

Baomoi.com 2010.10.04
Eight dead, missing in strong flood in central Vietnam

AFP 2010/10/03
At least 13,300 people in Ha Tinh were evacuated to safer areas after 728 millimetres (29 inches) of rain fell.

Geographycal Data

OCHA ReliefWeb 2010/10/07
Viet Nam: Floods (as of 07 Oct 2010)

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International Charter 2010/10/07
ESTIMATED RAINFALL ACCUMULATION IN VIET NAM: ESTIMATED TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATION FOR THE PERIOD : 1 - 6 OCTOBER 2010