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Viet Nam: Flood: 2002/10/09 Country Information on DRR

Period 2002/10/09
Country or District Viet Nam
Event Type Flood
Outline Floods have killed 116 people, including 104 children, in Vietnam's Mekong Delta provinces.Floods also caused damages estimated at more than 115.4 billionVietnamese dong (VND) (US$7.69 million),
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others
ABC news online 2002/10/13
Dead: 132 people
(in the provinces of An Giang and Dong Thap)

40,000 houses were submerged and traffic disrupted.
English Eastday.com 2002/10/09
Dead: 116 people
(including 104 children)
Floods caused damages estimated at more than 115.4 billionVietnamese dong (VND) (US$7.69 million).

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Report/Articles

The Age, Australia 2002/11/14
Severe flooding in Vietnam's southern Mekong Delta region has claimed 170 lives, including those of 151 children, over the past three months, disaster relief officials said

Reuters Alert Net 2002/10/24
World Vision Vietnam responds to Mekong flood disaster

ABC news online 2002/10/13
Vietnam flooding kills 132

English Eastday.com 2002/10/09
Flood death tolls rise to 116 in Vietnam's Mekong delta