The Central Vietnam floods were a series of floods in Central Vietnamwhich also affected some areas in Cambodia and Laos in October and early November The floods were mainly caused by the seasonal monsoonthough enhanced by numerous tropical cyclones.
On 7 October, during a seasonal monsoon and tropical depressions over the Khánh Hòa province, several multitude of tropical cyclones during the Pacific typhoon seasonsuch as LinfaNangkaOfelSaudeland Molavestruck the northern and central regions of Vietnam, especially in areas of Laos and Cambodia, bringing high winds and excessive rainfall in these affected provinces, with accumulations peaked at 3, mm This subsequent flooding was the first time Vietnam issued IV category disaster alert for heavy rainfall, as III category is the highest alert level.
Etau made landfall in Central Vietnam as a tropical storm three days later. On 12 November, Typhoon Vamco approached Vietnam as it gradually strengthened into Category 4-equivalent status after exiting the Philippine Area of Responsibility.
On 7 October, a tropical depression made landfall in the Khánh Hòa province. In Sa Huỳnh Quảng Ngãirainfall peaked at By 11 October before Linfa made landfallheavy floods killed 9 people. On 9 October, a tropical depression formed in east Luzon.
It was upgraded to a tropical storm, named Linfaon the next day. On 11 October, Linfa Vattenrelaterat the central Vietnamese coast in the province of Quảng Ngãi, [14] the area that was already flooded by previous seasonal monsoon events from 6—9 October.
Linfa released historic amounts of precipitation to Central Vietnampeaking at In Vattenrelaterat, the storm damaged The disaster caused big losses to agricultural production by destroying 2, hectares 5, acres of rice crops and vegetable crops, and 2, hectares 5, acres of aquaculturewhilst killing aboutcattle and poultry.
On the night of 11 October, heavy rainfall attributed from typhoon Linfa resulted in landslide at the Rào Trăng 3 Hydropower Plant in Phong Điền District of Thua Thien Hue province, leaving 17 construction workers missing. In preparation for Nangka, more thanpeople in Vietnam were evacuated from their homes.
On 11 October, a tropical depression formed in the west of Luzon. It was upgraded to a tropical storm, named Nangka, on the next Vattenrelaterat. As Saudel approached Vietnamit began to rapidly weaken due to high vertical wind shear and was downgraded to a tropical storm on 24 October The next day, it was downgraded to a remnant low as its center became mostly devoid of any deep convection.
The storm also caused strong winds and rough seas over waters off the Malaysian state of Sabah where the Malaysian Meteorological Department MetMalaysia had issued a tropical storm advisory with the distance between the storm and nearest town is about 1, kilometers northwest of Kudat.
Nearly 1. The prime minister also compared Molave to Typhoon Damrey of The federal government mobilized abouttroops and 2, vehicles to be used for search and rescue missions.