Floods in Vietnam (2020-10-15)

Activation time (UTC): 2020-10-15 10:16:00

Event time (UTC): 2020-10-12 17:00:00

Event type: Storm (Tropical cyclone, hurricane, typhoon)



Activation reason:

After a dramatic series of consecutive typhoons hitting the Vietnam central Coast these last weeks, a new storm is forecast to cause heavy rainfall in central Vietnam. Local weather forecasts predict a high chance for strong precipitation resulting in localized urban floods in Dong Hoi, Dong Ha, Hue, Hoi Han, Quang NGAI, in Central Vietnam, with a maximum water height on the 17/10/2020. The activation aims to detect the spatial extent of the flooding as currently no established in situ methods are available for this purpose.



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