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Vietnam - Severe weather (media, NOAA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 31 July 2023)

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting central and southern Vietnam causing landslides and floods in Lam Dong Province (central Vietnam), Binh Thuan Province (south-eastern Vietnam) and Bac Lieu Province (southern Vietnam) that resulted in casualties and damage.

  • As of 31 July, media reports that three people died on 30 July in Bao Loc Pass nearby Da Lat City (north-eastern Dong Province) due to a landslide and one is still missing. In addition, one person died in Binh Thuan Province due to floods and one in Mekong Delta due to severe weather-related incident.

  • Over the next 24 hours, more rainfall is forecast over most of the country with locally heavy rainfall in western Vietnam.