Extra rainfall is predicted within the area over the approaching days as 1000’s lose properties and crops.
Printed On 24 Nov 2025
Heavy rains proceed to trigger widespread flooding and landslides throughout Southeast Asia and have claimed a number of extra lives as authorities mobilise to attempt to assist.
One particular person was confirmed to have been killed in Vietnam on Monday, bringing the demise toll within the nation to 91 individuals in simply over every week. An additional 5 victims died in Thailand.
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Vietnam’s climate company has warned that the heavy rainfall that has been lashing the nation since October may return later this week, posing an additional threat in some areas. Almost half of Vietnam’s greater than 100 million individuals stay in flood-prone areas.
The very best variety of casualties recorded in Vietnam has come within the mountainous central province of Dak Lak, the place not less than 63 individuals have drowned.
Fatalities have additionally been reported within the provinces of Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong, Gia Lai, Danang, Hue and Quang Tri as Vietnam’s south-central area has been plagued with extreme flooding and landslides.
The Southeast Asian nation has suffered not less than $500m in injury because of the relentless rainfall with total metropolis blocks inundated and agricultural lands submerged.
The federal government has deployed tens of 1000’s of personnel to ship meals, drugs and different necessities, with helicopters used to supply aid in some flood-stricken areas and highlands.
Monsoon rains yearly trigger flooding in Southeast Asia, however this yr they’ve been significantly heavy.
Vietnam is normally liable to deluges from June to September, however scientists say human-driven climate change is making excessive climate extra frequent and damaging.
In Thailand, flash floods have been reported throughout southern components of the nation, affecting practically two million individuals, officers stated.
Native authorities reported that the town of Hat Yai, a significant financial hub in Songkhla province, was hit with 335 millimetres (greater than 13 inches) of rain on Friday, the best 24-hour determine in 300 years.
Precipitation within the metropolis was practically double that quantity from Wednesday to Friday. Extra rain is predicted to have an effect on Thailand within the coming days.
The nation has been hammered by intense rainfall inflicting floods over the previous yr with at least 25 people killed in December.
In Malaysia, native authorities stated on Monday that greater than 12,500 individuals had been evacuated.
The northeastern state of Kelantan, which borders Thailand, has been the worst hit with greater than 8,000 individuals affected. No deaths have been reported.
The floods and landslides come after typhoons smashed into the area in September and October.
The United Nations Worldwide Group for Migration estimated that these storms induced injury of $1.2bn in Vietnam with greater than half 1,000,000 properties broken and tons of of 1000’s of individuals evacuated.
