Floods in 3 provinces of central Vietnam have left 3 people dead.
Two victims died in floods in Quang Ngai and one in neighbouring Quang Nam province. Thua Thien-Hue province has also been affected, although no deaths have been reported. Damage to crops, in particular rice, has been reported in all three provinces.
The floods were caused by heavy rainfall. March is considered part of the dry season for the region, when droughts are more common than floods, which usually occur during the rainy season from July to December.
Quoted in Thanh Nien news, Hoang Duc Cuong, director of the Central Meteorological Forecast Center described the heavy rain as “unusual”.
Thanh Nien say that between 24 to 28 March 2015, some areas received more than 500 mm of rainfall, the highest in March since 1965.
