Tragic Floods Devastate Vietnam: Over 90 Lives Lost Amidst Extreme Weather

Sun Nov 23 2025 19:06:59 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Severe flooding in Vietnam has resulted in at least 90 fatalities and left 12 individuals missing, with widespread destruction across multiple provinces due to heavy rainfall and landslides. Emergency services are mobilizing to aid the hardest-hit regions.

Vietnam has been hit hard by devastating floods following days of heavy rainfall, leading to at least 90 deaths and 12 individuals reported missing. The flooding has affected over 186,000 homes and displaced livestock, prompting significant military and police response in the most impacted areas. Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has been overseeing emergency measures from overseas amid concerns over climate change exacerbating weather extremes in the region.

At least 90 people have died and another 12 are missing after days of heavy rain in Vietnam led to flooding and landslides.

The Vietnamese government says 186,000 homes have been damaged across the country, with more than three million livestock swept away.

Officials estimate there has been hundreds of millions of pounds worth of damage.

The mountainous province of Dak Lak has been severely impacted, recording more than 60 deaths since 16 November, according to AFP news agency.

The floods are the latest extreme weather event to hit Vietnam in recent months, following the impacts of typhoons Kalmaegi and Bualoi that struck the country weeks apart.

Some 258,000 people were without power on Sunday morning, and major motorways and train tracks were blocked, officials reported.

Military and police resources have been mobilised to assist in the hardest hit areas.

The government reported that the most severe impacts were observed in five provinces - Quang Ngai, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Khanh Hoa, and Lam Dong - situated in south and south-central Vietnam.

Mach Van Si, a farmer in Dak Lak, expressed, 'Our neighbourhood was completely destroyed. Nothing was left. Everything was covered in mud.'

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính chaired a virtual emergency meeting on Sunday morning from South Africa, where he was attending the G20 summit.

Rainfall had exceeded 1.5m (5ft) in several areas leading up to Friday, with some areas surpassing a 5.2m level not seen since 1993. Forecasters expect a decrease in rainfall in the coming days.

Experts indicate that human-driven climate change has made Vietnam more vulnerable to severe weather events, intensifying the frequency and power of typhoons in the region.

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