Heavy rains since Sept. 14 have killed three, flooded 16,000 houses, and damaged 22,000 hectares of crops in Vietnam. Five more storms are expected this year.
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(Bloomberg) -- Heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides across northern Vietnam, killing three people and damaging thousands of homes as well as more than 22,000 hectares of crops, the government said in a statement.
The northern region has experienced downpours since Sept. 14, with some areas receiving as much as 653 millimeters of rain. More than 16,000 houses have been inundated. Rice and other crops account for much of the 22,000 hectares of damaged farmland.
National and provincial roads have been affected by 11 landslides and flooding in 30 locations. The Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City railway flooded to a depth of about one meter, prompting the suspension of several train services Thursday and Friday. In the northern coastal province of Thanh Hoa, more than 29,000 officials and soldiers were mobilized for emergency assistance.
Some Hanoi schools switched to online classes or gave students Thursday off as streets flooded with up to one meter of water, state media reported. More heavy rain is expected from Thanh Hoa province to the city of Hue through the weekend, with some areas forecast to receive over 100 millimeters.
Vietnam’s long coastline makes it vulnerable to storms from the South China Sea. Climate change and deforestation have increased the potential for severe damage. As many as five more storms are expected off the coast this year, with one or two possibly sweeping over the mainland.
Natural disasters have killed or left 63 people missing in Vietnam in 2026, with total losses of around 2.2 trillion dong ($84.6 million). Financial losses are down 84.9% from the same period last year when the country was hit by severe typhoons and flooding, according to a separate government statement.
El Nino is expected to reduce rainfall in central and southern Vietnam by 10% to 50% later this year, potentially affecting around 350,000 hectares of rice in the Mekong Delta. Severe water shortages are also forecast in the central highlands, the country’s largest coffee-growing region.
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