Widespread flooding across central Vietnam killed at least nine people and damaged more than 100,000 homes in the tourist hubs of Hue and Da Nang, as the Southeast Asian nation endures another bout of extreme weather.
Rainfall in the city of Hue reached over 1,700 millimeters (5.6 feet) within 24 hours as of late Monday, the highest rainfall ever recorded in Vietnam. More than 21,000 residents have been evacuated from flooded or landslide-prone areas, according to the government website.
The global record for rainfall in a 24-hour period is 1,825 millimeters, which was set in La Réunion, an island in the Indian Ocean that’s an overseas department of France, in 1966, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
In Vietnam, train services were halted between Hanoi and the southern commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City, and between Da Nang and Hue, affecting at least 2,700 tourists. Around 200,000 households were left without power, some 2,200 hectares of rice and crops were damaged.
The nation’s weather agency said rains will continue, with central Vietnam expecting as much as 600 millimeters of rainfall through Thursday. The government warned of a continuing risk of floods and landslides. Over 160,000 soldiers and military personnel and more than 3,400 vehicles were deployed to help with evacuations and remained on standby for search and rescue operations, it said.
Vietnam has been hit by at least 12 major storms so far this year, bringing heavy rain and floods that have left at least 241 dead and cost the economy more than 53.8 trillion dong ($2 billion). Information on the damage from the current flooding is still being collated.
Hanoi’s streets were submerged twice in the space of two weeks recently after Storm Matmo dumped prolonged, heavy rains bringing the capital to a standstill, days after Typhoon Bualoi tore through.
Vietnam’s coastline, which stretches more than 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles), makes it vulnerable to storms across all regions, according to meteorologists. Deforestation and climate change have increased the country’s exposure to storm-related damage, while drainage and irrigation systems are often inadequate to deal with flooding in urban areas.
The national weather agency forecast that up to three more typhoons or tropical depressions could enter the South China Sea before the end of the year, with one or two likely to affect Vietnam.
Earlier this month, Vietnam’s agriculture ministry held a meeting with more than 20 international organizations to call for support for post-disaster recovery. Donations frrom international organizations totaled $9.7 million as of Oct. 28.
Photograph: Floodwaters inundate the Imperial City in Hue on Oct. 28, 2025; photo credit: AFP/Getty Images
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