As predicted, Typhoon Damrey made landfall in south Vietnam on 04 November, 2017, bringing with it extreme rainfall and strong winds with gusts of 90 km/h.
Tra My in Quang Nam province recorded 1,470 mm of rain in 48 hours between 03 and 05 November. At least 8 other locations recorded around 1,000 mm of rain or more during that period. A Luoi in Thua Thien Hue province recorded 751 mm of rain in 24 hours to 05 November.
Vietnam’s Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention said that, among others, the Thu Bon river in Quang Nam and the Con river in Binh Dinh province are bother overflowing.
As of 05 November, the Steering Committee said that 44 people have lost their lives and 19 were missing. At least 27 people have died in Khanh Hoa (27), where a further 14 are still missing, 9 of them at sea.
Other fatalities occurred in Quang Ngai (4), Binh Dinh (3), Lam Dong (3) and Dak Lak (5 deaths, 4 of them at sea). Deaths were also reported in Phu Yen and Kon Tum.
At least 35 000 people have been evacuated across affected areas. Almost 80,000 houses have been damaged and 2,000 collapsed, most of them in Quang Ngai and Khanh Hoa, according to the Steering Committee.
More than 40,000 hectares of crops has also been damaged, including sugar cane, rice fields and rubber plantations, according to Reuters.
Over 70 people died when major flooding hit Vietnam in October 2017.
