According to provincial disaster management officials in Thanh Hoa, approximately 11,700 residents have fled their houses over the last three days, many of them half submerged, in search of higher ground.
Disaster officials said on Tuesday that severe flooding in central Vietnam has resulted in the deaths of three individuals and the forced evacuation of over 10,000 households.
Large areas of the nation’s north were severely damaged by flooding earlier this month as a result of Typhoon Yagi, which claimed almost 300 lives and left $1.6 billion in damages.
However, when the Yagi floodwaters started to ebb in the north, a powerful storm that brought torrential rain and dangerously high river levels hit central Vietnam last week.
Three people were reported deceased in the nearby province of Nghe An after being carried away by flash floods.
Over 6,300 hectares of crops have been destroyed and about 320 residences have sustained damage since Saturday, according to the ministry of agriculture. At least 40 school buildings in the area have also been inundated or damaged.
Two people have died and 1,500 families have been impacted by flash floods in northern Thailand caused by heavy rain, according to information released on Tuesday by the kingdom’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.
Additionally, residents along the overflowing River Wang have been encouraged to relocate by the authorities.
Typhoon Yagi devastated northern Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos, resulting in 702 confirmed deaths.
Vietnam came in second with 299 deaths, and Myanmar was hit the hardest with 384.
Save the Children reports that since early September, damage to around 1,000 schools in Vietnam and Thailand has forced students to miss school.
Two and a half weeks after Yagi hit, several houses on the outskirts of Hanoi are still partially submerged, and farmers are still struggling to deal with the damage caused by flooded fields.
Tuesday saw rice farmers harvesting their crop many weeks ahead of schedule, attempting to salvage what hadn’t been completely damaged.
“Almost all of our crops were lost. We chopped the rice today in an effort to conserve as much as we could, Dinh Thi Thu, 60, told AFP.
Vietnam experiences annual tropical storms from June to November, which can bring with them devastating flash floods and landslides.
However, increased precipitation patterns brought on by the climate crisis may increase the likelihood of catastrophic floods.
