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| name = 2020 Central Vietnam floods
| name = 2020 Central Vietnam floods
| duration = 5 October 2020{{snd}}ongoing<br /> ({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=10|day1=5|year1=2020|month2=|day2=|year2=}})
| duration = 5 October 2020{{snd}}ongoing<br /> ({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=10|day1=5|year1=2020|month2=|day2=|year2=}})
| total fatalities = 122+<ref>{{cite news |title=122 casulties due to floods |url=https://vtv.vn/xa-hoi/122-nguoi-thuong-vong-do-mua-lu-o-mien-trung-20201019062211624.htm |work=VTV |date=18 October 2020 |language=vi}}</ref>
| total fatalities = 126 deaths, 27 missing<ref>{{cite news |title=122 casulties due to floods |url=https://vtv.vn/xa-hoi/122-nguoi-thuong-vong-do-mua-lu-o-mien-trung-20201019062211624.htm |work=VTV |date=18 October 2020 |language=vi}}</ref>
| areas affected = Central Vietnam
| areas affected = Central Vietnam, Cambodia
| cause = Tropical storms; climate change, deforestation:<ref>{{cite news |title=Vì sao miền trung hứng mưa lũ kéo dài?
| cause = Tropical storms; climate change, deforestation:<ref>{{cite news |title=Vì sao miền trung hứng mưa lũ kéo dài?
|url=http://baochinhphu.vn/Tin-noi-bat/Vi-sao-mien-Trung-hung-mua-lu-lon-keo-dai/410768.vgp |accessdate=19 October 2020 |work= VGP News |date=16 October 2020|language=vi}}</ref>
|url=http://baochinhphu.vn/Tin-noi-bat/Vi-sao-mien-Trung-hung-mua-lu-lon-keo-dai/410768.vgp |accessdate=19 October 2020 |work= VGP News |date=16 October 2020|language=vi}}</ref>
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| website = http://tkcn.gov.vn
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'''2020 Central Vietnam floods''' or '''2020 historic floods''' were the floods in [[Central Vietnam]] in October 2020. The floods focus heavily in several province include [[Thừa Thiên Huế]], [[Hà Tĩnh]], [[Quảng Bình]], and [[Quảng Trị]]. It also coincided with the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam]]. These floods were mainly caused by the seasonal [[monsoon]], though enhanced by numerous [[tropical cyclone]]s. [[Tropical Storm Linfa (2020)|Tropical Storm Linfa]] hit the area from 10-13 October, killing 90 people in Vietnam. On 14-16 October, [[Tropical Storm Nangka (2020)|Nangka]] struck, killing 4 and displacing thousands. On 17 October, [[2020 Pacific typhoon season#Tropical Depression Ofel|Tropical Depression Ofel]] struck the northern and central part of the country.
'''2020 Central Vietnam floods''' or '''2020 historic floods''' were the floods in [[Central Vietnam]] and [[Cambodia]] in October 2020. The floods focus heavily in several province include [[Thừa Thiên Huế]], [[Hà Tĩnh]], [[Quảng Bình]], and [[Quảng Trị]]. It also coincided with the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam]]. These floods were mainly caused by the seasonal [[monsoon]], though enhanced by numerous [[tropical cyclone]]s. [[Tropical Storm Linfa (2020)|Tropical Storm Linfa]] hit the area from 10-13 October, killing 90 people in Vietnam. On 14-16 October, [[Tropical Storm Nangka (2020)|Nangka]] struck, killing 4 and displacing thousands. On 17 October, [[2020 Pacific typhoon season#Tropical Depression Ofel|Tropical Depression Ofel]] struck the northern and central part of the country.


==Impact==
==Impact==
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[[File:Đập Đá, Huế trong Lũ lụt miền Trung 2020.jpg|thumb|left|Dap Da Bridge under the water in [[Hue City]], 10 October 2020.]]
[[File:Đập Đá, Huế trong Lũ lụt miền Trung 2020.jpg|thumb|left|Dap Da Bridge under the water in [[Hue City]], 10 October 2020.]]
Linfa brought historic amounts of precipitation to [[Central Vietnam]], peaking at 90.16 inches (2,290&nbsp;mm) in [[A Lưới]] ([[Huế]]),<ref name=VDMA>{{cite web|url=http://phongchongthientai.mard.gov.vn/Pages/bao-cao-nhanh-cong-tac-truc-ban-pctt-ngay-14-10-2020.aspx|title=FLASH REPORT ON DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT SITUATION ON 14 OCTOBER 2020|author=|date=14 October 2020|work=Vietnam Disaster Management Authority|accessdate=17 October 2020}}</ref> 59.842 inches (1,520&nbsp;mm) in [[Quảng Trị]].<ref>{{cite news |title=3 tỉnh xin hỗ trợ khẩn cấp thiệt hại do bão số 6, áp thấp nhiệt đới|url=https://laodong.vn/xa-hoi/3-tinh-xin-ho-tro-khan-cap-thiet-hai-do-bao-so-6-ap-thap-nhiet-doi-844158.ldo|accessdate=October 14, 2020 |work=Báo Lao động
Linfa brought historic amounts of precipitation to [[Central Vietnam]], peaking at 90.16 inches (2,290&nbsp;mm) in [[A Lưới]] ([[Huế]]),<ref name=VDMA>{{cite web|url=http://phongchongthientai.mard.gov.vn/Pages/bao-cao-nhanh-cong-tac-truc-ban-pctt-ngay-14-10-2020.aspx|title=FLASH REPORT ON DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT SITUATION ON 14 OCTOBER 2020|author=|date=14 October 2020|work=Vietnam Disaster Management Authority|accessdate=17 October 2020}}</ref> 59.842 inches (1,520&nbsp;mm) in [[Quảng Trị]].<ref>{{cite news |title=3 tỉnh xin hỗ trợ khẩn cấp thiệt hại do bão số 6, áp thấp nhiệt đới|url=https://laodong.vn/xa-hoi/3-tinh-xin-ho-tro-khan-cap-thiet-hai-do-bao-so-6-ap-thap-nhiet-doi-844158.ldo|accessdate=October 14, 2020 |work=Báo Lao động
|date=October 12, 2020}}</ref> Thượng Nhật (Huế) received the average rainfalls of 719 mm per 24 hours from October 10 to 13.<ref name=VDMA></ref>{{not in citation|date=October 2020}} The storm destroyed a total of 382 houses and flooded 109,034 others. In addition, the storm damaged 165.1 km of national highways and 140.1 km of provincial highways. The disaster caused big losses to agricultural production by destroying {{convert|584|hectare|acre}} of rice crops, {{convert|3,879|hectare|acre}} of vegetable crops, and {{convert|2,141|hectare|acre}} of [[aquaculture]], whilst killing about 150,700 cattle and poultry.<ref name="lineoffire">{{cite news|url=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/international/thailand-vietnam-caught-line-fire-increased-storm-activity|title=Thailand, Vietnam Caught in the Line of Fire due to Increased Storm Activity|date=October 12, 2020|access-date=2020-10-19}}</ref> On the night of 12 to 13 October 2020, when leading a rescue team of soldiers at a [[hydropower plant]] in [[Thua Thien Hue]] to find missing missing workers buried in a landslide, Major General [[Nguyễn Văn Man]] was buried in another landslide alongside 12 people from the rescue team.<ref name=tp>{{cite web|work= Báo điện tử Tiền Phong|url= https://www.tienphong.vn/xa-hoi/tim-thay-thi-the-thieu-tuong-nguyen-van-man-pho-tu-lenh-quan-khu-4-1735564.tpo|title= Tìm thấy thi thể Thiếu tướng Nguyễn Văn Man, Phó Tư lệnh Quân khu 4|date= 2020-10-15|accessdate= 2020-10-15}}</ref> On October 15, 2020, their bodies were found by rescuers.<ref name=vne>{{cite web|author= Hoàng Thùy và cộng sự|work= Báo điện tử VnExpress|url= https://vnexpress.net/pho-tu-lenh-quan-khu-4-cung-12-nguoi-gap-nan-khi-di-cuu-ho-4175885.html|title= Phó tư lệnh Quân khu 4 cùng 12 người gặp nạn khi đi cứu hộ|date= 2020-10-13|accessdate= 2020-10-15}}</ref> The storm left 105 people dead and 27 missing in Vietnam.<ref name=VDMA1>{{cite web|url=http://phongchongthientai.mard.gov.vn/Pages/bao-cao-nhanh-cong-tac-truc-ban-phong-chong-thien-tai-ngay-19-10-2020.aspx|title=Báo cáo nhanh công tác trực ban PCTT ngày 20/10/2020
|date=October 12, 2020}}</ref> The storm destroyed a total of 382 houses and flooded 109,034 others. In addition, the storm damaged 165.1 km of national highways and 140.1 km of provincial highways. The disaster caused big losses to agricultural production by destroying {{convert|2,141|hectare|acre}} of rice crops and vegetable crops, and {{convert|2,141|hectare|acre}} of [[aquaculture]], whilst killing about 685,225 cattle and poultry.<ref name="lineoffire">{{cite news|url=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/international/thailand-vietnam-caught-line-fire-increased-storm-activity|title=Thailand, Vietnam Caught in the Line of Fire due to Increased Storm Activity|date=October 12, 2020|access-date=2020-10-19}}</ref> On the night of 12 to 13 October 2020, when leading a rescue team of soldiers at a [[hydropower plant]] in [[Thua Thien Hue]] to find missing missing workers buried in a landslide, Major General [[Nguyễn Văn Man]] was buried in another landslide alongside 12 people from the rescue team.<ref name=tp>{{cite web|work= Báo điện tử Tiền Phong|url= https://www.tienphong.vn/xa-hoi/tim-thay-thi-the-thieu-tuong-nguyen-van-man-pho-tu-lenh-quan-khu-4-1735564.tpo|title= Tìm thấy thi thể Thiếu tướng Nguyễn Văn Man, Phó Tư lệnh Quân khu 4|date= 2020-10-15|accessdate= 2020-10-15}}</ref> On October 15, 2020, their bodies were found by rescuers.<ref name=vne>{{cite web|author= Hoàng Thùy và cộng sự|work= Báo điện tử VnExpress|url= https://vnexpress.net/pho-tu-lenh-quan-khu-4-cung-12-nguoi-gap-nan-khi-di-cuu-ho-4175885.html|title= Phó tư lệnh Quân khu 4 cùng 12 người gặp nạn khi đi cứu hộ|date= 2020-10-13|accessdate= 2020-10-15}}</ref> The storm left 105 people dead and 27 missing in Vietnam.<ref name=VDMA1>{{cite web|url=http://phongchongthientai.mard.gov.vn/Pages/bao-cao-nhanh-cong-tac-truc-ban-phong-chong-thien-tai-ngay-19-10-2020.aspx|title=Báo cáo nhanh công tác trực ban PCTT ngày 20/10/2020
|author=|language=vi|date=20 October 2020|work=Vietnam Disaster Management Authority|accessdate=20 October 2020}}</ref>
|author=|language=vi|date=20 October 2020|work=Vietnam Disaster Management Authority|accessdate=20 October 2020}}</ref>


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2020 Central Vietnam floods
Floods in Perfume river in central Hue on October 10 2020
Date5 October 2020 – ongoing
(4 years and 4 days)
LocationCentral Vietnam, Cambodia
CauseTropical storms; climate change, deforestation:[1]
Deaths126 deaths, 27 missing[6]
Websitehttp://tkcn.gov.vn

2020 Central Vietnam floods or 2020 historic floods were the floods in Central Vietnam and Cambodia in October 2020. The floods focus heavily in several province include Thừa Thiên Huế, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, and Quảng Trị. It also coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam. These floods were mainly caused by the seasonal monsoon, though enhanced by numerous tropical cyclones. Tropical Storm Linfa hit the area from 10-13 October, killing 90 people in Vietnam. On 14-16 October, Nangka struck, killing 4 and displacing thousands. On 17 October, Tropical Depression Ofel struck the northern and central part of the country.

Impact

Tropical Storm Linfa

Main article: Tropical Storm Linfa (2020)
Dap Da Bridge under the water in Hue City, 10 October 2020.

Linfa brought historic amounts of precipitation to Central Vietnam, peaking at 90.16 inches (2,290 mm) in A Lưới (Huế),[7] 59.842 inches (1,520 mm) in Quảng Trị.[8] The storm destroyed a total of 382 houses and flooded 109,034 others. In addition, the storm damaged 165.1 km of national highways and 140.1 km of provincial highways. The disaster caused big losses to agricultural production by destroying 2,141 hectares (5,290 acres) of rice crops and vegetable crops, and 2,141 hectares (5,290 acres) of aquaculture, whilst killing about 685,225 cattle and poultry.[9] On the night of 12 to 13 October 2020, when leading a rescue team of soldiers at a hydropower plant in Thua Thien Hue to find missing missing workers buried in a landslide, Major General Nguyễn Văn Man was buried in another landslide alongside 12 people from the rescue team.[10] On October 15, 2020, their bodies were found by rescuers.[11] The storm left 105 people dead and 27 missing in Vietnam.[12]

Tropical Storm Nangka

Main article: Tropical Storm Nangka (2020) § Vietnam

Wind gusts up to 120 km/h (75 mph) was reported in Nam Định.[13] Some areas in Northern Vietnam received heavy rainfall, such as 16.18 in (411 mm) in Yên Bái, 14.76 in (375 mm) in Quảng Ninh on October 16.[14][15] Overall, impacts from Nangka were much less than Linfa. The storm caused 2 deaths and 1 missing in Vietnam.[16]

Tropical Depression Ofel

Ofel made landfall then dissipated in Central Vietnam on October 16.[17]

Flood by province

Nghệ An

Flood in Nghệ An kill one person.[12]

Hà Tĩnh

From October 16 to 19, some areas in Hà Tĩnh received heavy rainfall (from Tropical depression Ofel): 66.57 inches (1,691 mm) in Kỳ Thượng; 52.51 inches (1,334 mm) in Lake Kim Sơn. Flood in Hà Tĩnh killed 2 people.[12]

Quảng Bình

From October 6 to 13, tropical cyclones dumped about 550-1,200 mm of rain in Quảng Bình.[7] From October 16 to 19, remnant of Ofel brought 41.85 inches (1,063 mm) of rain in Vạn Trạch. Flood in Quảng Bình killed 6 people[12], flooded 95,000 houses and made 190,000 households lost power.[18]

Quảng Trị

From October 16 to 19, remnant of Ofel brought heavy rainfall to Quảng Trị. Hướng Linh district received 127.75 inches (3,245 mm) of precipitation in 13 days.[18] Flood killed 49 in the province.[12]

Thừa Thiên Huế

In Thừa Thiên Huế, its mountainous districts received the heaviest amounts of rainfall in the region, mostly came from tropical storm Linfa. In three days, 10 October to 13, Linfa brought 90,16 inches (2,290 mm) in A Lưới; 89.60 inches (2,276mm) in Lake Khe Ngang, broke the historical record (2,244 mm in October 1999). Thượng Nhật saw the daily rainfall on October 13 was 28.3 in (719 mm).[7] In total, three tropical cyclones from 6 to 19 October dumped the average amounts of precipitation about 78 to 98.42 inches (2000-2500 mm) in the province, peaked in A Lưới with 115.78 inches (2,941 mm); Bạch Mã with 112.95 inches (2,869 mm).[18] Flood killed 27 in Thừa Thiên Huế.[12]

Da Nang

Quảng Nam

Quảng Ngãi

See also

References

  1. ^ "Vì sao miền trung hứng mưa lũ kéo dài?". VGP News (in Vietnamese). 16 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  2. ^ "TIN CẢNH BÁO MƯA DÔNG, GIÓ MẠNH VÀ SÓNG LỚN TRÊN BIỂN". Vietnam National Centre for Hydro - Meteorological Forecasting (in Vietnamese). 8 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Tropical Cyclone Information". Japan Meteorological Agency. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Tropical Cyclone Information". Japan Meteorological Agency. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (Invest 94W)". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. 2020-10-15. Archived from the original on 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  6. ^ "122 casulties due to floods". VTV (in Vietnamese). 18 October 2020.
  7. ^ a b c "FLASH REPORT ON DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT SITUATION ON 14 OCTOBER 2020". Vietnam Disaster Management Authority. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  8. ^ "3 tỉnh xin hỗ trợ khẩn cấp thiệt hại do bão số 6, áp thấp nhiệt đới". Báo Lao động. October 12, 2020. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  9. ^ "Thailand, Vietnam Caught in the Line of Fire due to Increased Storm Activity". October 12, 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
  10. ^ "Tìm thấy thi thể Thiếu tướng Nguyễn Văn Man, Phó Tư lệnh Quân khu 4". Báo điện tử Tiền Phong. 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  11. ^ Hoàng Thùy và cộng sự (2020-10-13). "Phó tư lệnh Quân khu 4 cùng 12 người gặp nạn khi đi cứu hộ". Báo điện tử VnExpress. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  12. ^ a b c d e f "Báo cáo nhanh công tác trực ban PCTT ngày 20/10/2020". Vietnam Disaster Management Authority (in Vietnamese). 20 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Tin áp thấp nhiệt đới suy yếu từ bão số 7". Thethaovanhoa.vn. October 14, 2020. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  14. ^ "FLASH REPORT ON DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT SITUATION ON 16 OCTOBER 2020". Vietnam Disaster Management Authority. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  15. ^ Nguyen Quy (October 14, 2020). "Storm Nangka devolves into tropical depression off north central Vietnam". e.vnexpress.net. VnExpress. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  16. ^ "FLASH REPORT ON DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT SITUATION ON 17 OCTOBER 2020". Vietnam Disaster Management Authority. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Significant Tropical Weather Advisory for the Western and South Pacific Oceans". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. 2020-10-16. Archived from the original on 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  18. ^ a b c "Thủ tướng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc: Không để dân 'màn trời, chiếu đất'". Vietnamplus. October 19, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
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