VIET NAM: Multiple Typhoons and Floods - Situation Report No. 01

HIGHLIGHTS

• Prolonged heavy rainfall and flooding triggered by Typhoons 11 (Bualoi) and 12 (Matmo) severely affected Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Da Nang, Quang Ngai, and Lam Dong provinces.
• The typhoons resulted in 85 deaths, 11 missing and 199 injured people.
• 546,000 houses are damaged, inundated, or unroofed.
• Over 2.5 million school children in major urban centers are affected by the compounding effects of multiple floods and typhoons; at least 1600 schools were significantly damaged.
• Approximately 50,000 hectares (ha) of crops were submerged or damaged, 600,000 heads of livestock and poultry perished.
• Hundreds of kilometers of coastline and river dikes suffered from erosion and damage.
• Continued rainfall forecasted for Typhoon 13 (Kalmaegi) from 6-7 November expected to worsen flooding and delay recovery.