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2020 Central Vietnam floods
Floods in Perfume river in central Hue on October 10 2020
Date5 October 2020 – ongoing
(3 years and 11 months)
LocationCentral Vietnam
CauseTropical storms; climate change, deforestation:[1]
Deaths122+[6]
Websitehttp://tkcn.gov.vn

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 cyclones. Tropical Storm Linfa hit the area from 10-13 October, killing 90 people in Vietnam. On 14-16 October, Nangka struck, killing dozens 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] Thượng Nhật (Huế) received the average rainfalls of 719 mm per 24 hours from October 10 to 13.[7] The storm destroyed a total of 382 houses and flooded 109,034 others. In addition, the storm damaged 108 sections of national highways and 8.6km of provincial highways. The disaster caused big losses to agricultural production by destroying 584 hectares (1,440 acres) of rice crops, 3,879 hectares (9,590 acres) of vegetable crops, and 2,141 hectares (5,290 acres) of aquaculture, whilst killing about 150,700 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 90 people dead and 34 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]

Cambodia

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 "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. ^ "Báo cáo nhanh công tác trực ban PCTT ngày 18/10/2020". Vietnam Disaster Management Authority (in Vietnamese). 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 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.
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