Two consecutive typhoons, Bualoi and Matmo, made landfall, causing prolonged heavy rains in the northern region, leading to 59 dike incidents, over 15,700 flooded homes, and thousands of hectares of damaged crops.
Seeing many people lose their homes to floods, Mai Thao Nguyen and her husband cleaned 40 rooms in their family’s hotel, welcoming evacuees from the afternoon of 7/10.
Flooding combined with high tides threatens over 56,000 hectares of rice, vegetables, and fruit trees within 220 dike compartments in the Mekong Delta.
