Vietnam’s climate company has recorded its highest stage of rainfall for a 24-hour interval within the historic metropolis of Hue.
Printed On 28 Oct 2025
Heavy rains have triggered record-breaking floods in some components of central Vietnam, particularly in prime tourism locations Hue, a former imperial capital, and the traditional city of Hoi An.
On Tuesday, Vietnam’s catastrophe administration company recorded greater than 1,000 millimetres (39.4 inches) of rainfall over a 24-hour interval ending late on Monday in components of Hue and Hoi An.
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Vietnam’s Nationwide Heart for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting stated the quantity of rainfall in Hue marked the best ever for a 24-hour interval for the reason that nation began its record-keeping.
The newspaper VNExpress reported that water ranges within the Huong and Bo rivers, which stream by means of Hue, reached 5.25m (17.2 ft) on Monday afternoon, shattering the earlier historic excessive recorded in 2020.
As of Tuesday morning, water ranges from each rivers have receded, however Hue stays submerged by multiple metre (3.3ft) of water.
Pictures confirmed a large space of the traditional metropolis, together with the palace grounds, underneath murky waters.
Authorities in Hue have been quoted by the state information company Vietnam Information as saying that the rain and flooding could final till Friday.
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The heavy rain additionally triggered an enormous landslide of pink mud on Tuesday morning about 3km (1.9 miles) lengthy in coastal Quang Ngai province, leaving about 1,700 individuals remoted, authorities stated.
As of Tuesday, greater than 8,600 individuals in 4 central provinces have been evacuated as a consequence of dangers from extreme flooding and landslides.
Heavy flooding has additionally pressured the state-run Vietnam Railways Corp to droop providers between the capital Hanoi and the enterprise hub Ho Chi Minh Metropolis.
The federal government stated in a separate report that greater than 306,000 households and companies in Hue, Danang and Quang Tri provinces have been affected by blackouts.
Scientists warn that storms have gotten more and more highly effective because the planet warms as a consequence of human-induced local weather change.
This month’s rainfall comes after Storm Bualoi battered the nation in September, leaving at the very least 13 individuals useless and 20 others lacking.
Based on the Common Statistics Workplace, pure disasters — largely storms, floods and landslides — left 187 individuals useless or lacking within the nation within the first 9 months of 2025, with complete financial losses estimated at greater than $610m.
