Death toll rises to 41 in central Vietnam flooding, extra heavy rain forecast

The demise toll from a brand new barrage of torrential rain, flooding and landslides in central Vietnam for the reason that weekend has risen to 41, state media reported on Thursday, with water ranges rising additional in already inundated cities and villages.

Rainfall exceeded 1,500 mm in a number of components of central Vietnam over the previous three days. The area is house to a key espresso manufacturing belt in addition to the nation’s hottest seashores, however is very susceptible to storms and floods.

A suspension bridge on Da Nhim River in Lam Dong province was swept away on Thursday (November 20, 2025) morning, VietnamWeb newspaper reported. A video clip confirmed the bridge being swallowed by the river in just some seconds. Reuters couldn’t instantly confirm the video.

More than half 1,000,000 households and companies confronted blackouts after energy grids had been broken by the floods, in keeping with the federal government. Traders mentioned the floodwaters had been hampering the espresso harvest within the area.

The nationwide climate forecast company warned of extra flooding and landslides to come back on Friday, with heavy rain set to proceed within the area.

Stranded on rooftops

Photographs shared in state media studies confirmed residents, together with kids, sitting on the roofs of flooded homes and calling for assist through social media platforms.

“Any group out there please help! We’ve been sitting on the roof since 10 p.m. last night, including kids and adults,” a resident of Khanh Hoa province posted on an area Facebook web page. Alongside the submit was {a photograph} of a bunch of individuals sitting on the metallic roof of a flooded home because the rain lashed down.

The images additionally confirmed a number of residential areas in Khanh Hoa, Gia Lai and Dak Lak provinces submerged in deep water.

Naval forces have been deployed to assist stranded residents in Khanh Hoa, the Vietnam News Agency reported, including that floodwaters had reached file highs in lots of areas.

At least 9 folks had been lacking, and floods have inundated greater than 52,000 homes and over 15,000 hectares of crops, in keeping with a report from the federal government’s catastrophe administration company, cited by on-line newspaper VnExpress.

Little woman rescued from collapsed home

A seven-year-old woman was rescued late on Wednesday in Da Lat after being buried by a landslide, the Nhan Dan newspaper reported.

The landslide, triggered by heavy rain, knocked down and buried a part of the home the place the woman was staying.

A photograph accompanying the report confirmed the woman’s hand protruding from a pile of soil, rock and damaged concrete because the rescuers arrived.

She was pulled out after an hour and a half with a damaged leg and rushed to the hospital. She is now in steady situation, in keeping with the report.