Looking back at historic floods in Vietnam

(Baonghean.vn) - Quang Ninh flooded; Central region submerged by fierce floods; Hanoi submerged in water... are the terrible storms and floods in Vietnam's history.

1- The great flood in Central Vietnam in 1999

The 1999 flood in the Central region killed more than 500 people and caused property damage of about 3,800 billion VND.

Hungry arms receive food at Tuan intersection - Thua Thien Hue on the 5th day of the flood in 1999.

The historic flood began on the night of November 1, 1999 and lasted for a whole week. The entire Central region (from Quang Tri to Binh Dinh) was submerged in water, the most severe being Thua Thien Hue and Quang Nam. The flood submerged 20 districts and towns in the Central region, killing 595 people, collapsing and washing away 41,846 houses and 570 schools. The total estimated damage was over 3,800 billion VND (calculated at the time of 1999).

2 - The 2008 flood in Hanoi

Hanoi streets turned into rivers.

In 2008, after the rain on the night of May 24 and 25, 2008, Hanoi was severely flooded and it was considered a historic flood with the heaviest rainfall in 100 years. Hanoi had 17 people killed in the historic rain. The Red River dike collapsed, nearly 13,000 households along the dike had their houses flooded, and reservoirs overflowed. Flooding almost paralyzed many activities, even daily means of transportation suddenly became useless.

3 – The historic flood of 2010 in Ha Tinh

The historic "flood" in 2010 in Ha Tinh caused great damage to people's lives and property.

The first worker was rescued.

In early October 2010, torrential rains and floods at an unprecedented rate in the past 100 years submerged Huong Khe district in water. Thousands of households were left homeless by the terrifying threat of the great flood. The floods left 32 people dead and missing, tens of thousands of houses submerged, and road and rail traffic paralyzed. The floods also threatened the safety of hydroelectric dams, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate.

4 - Flood in Central Vietnam in 2011

A woman in tears waits to be rescued from her flooded house in Ha Tinh province.

Since mid-October 2011, consecutive floods have occurred in the central region, killing 55 people. Floodwaters have submerged about 170,000 houses and 23,700 hectares of crops. The worst-hit province was Quang Binh, where thousands of houses were submerged. Authorities have evacuated about 7,200 people from the danger zone.

5 – Flood in Central Vietnam in 2013

Heavy flooding in Quang Binh.

Transporting relief goods to flood victims

On October 15, 2013, after storm Nari (storm No. 11) swept through the central provinces, the storm circulation combined with cold air from the west caused a huge flood, surrounding the central provinces: Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam. Many roads were eroded and cut off; while in the mountainous areas, water reached the roofs, isolating many communes and districts. At least 6 people died due to floods in Huong Khe (Ha Tinh), hundreds of houses were submerged in water; 4 people trapped in the flood area had to climb trees.

Heavy rain and tornadoes also killed two people in Quang Son commune, Quang Trach district, Quang Binh province; rising floodwaters swept away two female teachers on their way to teach at Soi Muc dam, Bo Trach district.

6- Central region submerged by floods after storm Nari

A wood workshop outside the dike in Hung Nguyen district (Nghe An) is submerged in floodwaters.

Areas in the Central region were heavily affected by this storm and flood.

The flood killed at least 3 people in Quang Nam; 2 people were missing in Thua Thien Hue and Binh Dinh; 49 people were injured, mostly in the 3 provinces of Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue and Da Nang; more than 11,000 houses had their roofs blown off or were damaged; thousands of houses collapsed, washed away and were flooded; landslides buried more than 61,000m of roads; Hai Van tunnel lost power; the eastern branch of Ho Chi Minh road (Kon Tum province) collapsed on the positive slope at 17 locations with a volume of about 1,400 m3, causing serious traffic jams.

7 - Historic floods devastated Quang Ninh in 2015

Quang Ninh was heavily flooded after a historic rain.

Floods swept away 500 billion of the coal industry.

The prolonged rain and flooding in Quang Ninh on July 26 and 27, 2015 killed 3 people in a family in Mong Duong ward. This was the heaviest rain in the past 40 years in Quang Ninh province (in some places the water level was nearly 600mm), and at the same time, it was a high tide, so the impact was very large. The rain caused more than 2,200 households, schools, and communal hospitals to be flooded, some places were 2 meters deep, and more than 70 hectares of crops were flooded.

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