Details of Disaster Information


Viet Nam : Flash Flood : 2004/07/21
GLIDE: FF-2004-000060-VNM  DRR & Disaster Information

Duration 2004/07/21
Country
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District		 Viet Nam
Name Flash Flood
Outline Death toll rises to 20 after a flash flood in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang. The flooding injured 10 people, swept away 16 houses, and damaged many road sections as well as residents' property and crops.

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury Material Damage Others
OCHA Relief Web 2004/07/24
Dead:30people
Missing:18 people
Wounded:10 people		 Destroyed: 24 houses
Total losses: 130 billion Vietnamese dong (nearly 8.3 million US dollars).

Related Links
Report/Articles
  • OCHA Relief Web 2004/07/24
    The flash flood in Vietnam's northern Ha Giang province on July 19 has left at least 30 dead and 18 others missing, said the provincial steering committee on flood and storm prevention on Saturday.
  • OCHA Relief Web 2004/07/23
    Vietnam flood toll hits 29, more still missing
  • Reuters Alertnet 2004/07/21
    Rescuers in Vietnam have retrieved 18 bodies and widened their search for 16 people still missing after flash floods struck northern Vietnam, state-run television said on Wednesday.
  • Vietnam News Agency 2004/07/22
    Death toll rises to 20 after flash flood in Ha Giang
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