Lacey's Geography 361 Blog: Vietnam Floods

Floods have deen present through out central Vietnam since Tuesday following days of heavy rain, making this a region flood that begun slowly and will end slowly. Because of this thousands of people were able to be evacuated. So far only about nineteen people have died in this flood, which also sticks with the characteristic of few deaths associated with region flooding. However, this flood is not the first to hit this area recently. Since the beginning of October 167 people have been killed in this area. This is suprising seeing as Vietnam is extremely flood-prone due to large amounts of rice paddies, low lying coasts, and 70 percent of the population at risk for flooding. I would have thought that the people would have better mitigation efforts and emergency plans. However, taken into account is the fact that this area of Vietnam is rather poor, so the people or government may not have all the resources they need to better mitigate this disaster. It appears as of now, that Vietnam is experiencing less deaths due to flooding than they were in October, whether that has to do with the people being more aware of the hazards, the intensity of the disaster or something else I am not sure.

Areas most affected in October