A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster On 6 October 2020, the central region of Viet Nam experienced prolonged, heavy rains that caused severe and widespread flooding and landslides in...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Vietnam is one of the most hazard-prone countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. With an extensive coastline of 3,260 kilometers (km), 2025.67 miles (mi) the country is regularly...
Geneva, 26 October 2021 (WMO) - Extreme weather and climate change impacts across Asia in 2020 caused the loss of life of thousands of people, displaced millions of others and cost hundreds of...
Authors: Andrea Ortiz Vargas and Zita Sebesvari 1. Event From the beginning of October to mid-November 2020, Central Viet Nam was hit by nine consecutive high magnitude storms and typhoons (DMPTC,...
A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster According to VNDMA, as of 21 December 2020, people had suffered heavy losses caused by natural disasters in 2020 including damage of people, shelters...
Summary of major revisions made to emergency plan of action: At the time of this Operational Update, the EA is under revision to reflect the findings from the detailed damage and needs assessment...
This revised Emergency Appeal seeks 2.3 million Swiss Francs, decreased from 3.9 million Swiss francs to enable the IFRC to support the Viet Nam Red Cross Society (VNRC) to deliver emergency...
To read the full report please visit the IDMC website here. Internal displacement at all-time high after unprecedented year of crises The total number of people living in internal displacement...
Situation Overview This is the final report on the Typhoon “QUINTA” that developed as Tropical Depression on 23 October 2020 and intensified into a typhoon and endangered Albay-Camarines Sur area on...
Disaster Situation Overview and Timeline of Key Events Since 6 October, Viet Nam has been struck by seven tropical cyclones and depressions causing severe and widespread flooding, landslides, storm...