Locally more than 700 millimetres is forecast around Hue, Da Nang and eastern Quang Ngai, raising flash-flood, landslide and urban-flood risks

HANOI, Vietnam — Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026 – International Weather – Vietnam has ordered emergency preparations across eight central provinces and cities as a multi-day rain event threatens locally extreme totals, river flooding, flash floods and landslides from Sunday through Wednesday night.

An official dispatch signed Nov. 7 by Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung directs authorities in Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Tri, Hue, Da Nang, Quang Ngai, Gia Lai and Dak Lak to review evacuations, position rescue equipment and supplies, control unsafe roads and prepare reservoir operations.

Forecast calls for more than 700 millimetres in places

Vietnam’s National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting expects 100 to 200 millimetres from southern Nghe An to northern Quang Tri, with local totals above 300 millimetres. Hue, Da Nang and eastern Quang Ngai are forecast to receive 250 to 450 millimetres, with isolated totals above 700 millimetres. Southern Quang Tri, eastern Gia Lai and Dak Lak are forecast to receive 150 to 300 millimetres, locally above 400 millimetres.

The government says the rain could flood rivers, low-lying neighbourhoods, urban areas and industrial zones. It also warns of flash floods on small rivers and streams and landslides on steep terrain.

The timing is staggered. The first major burst is forecast from Sunday night into Monday night from southern Nghe An through northern Quang Tri. Rain then focuses farther south, including Hue, Da Nang and eastern Quang Ngai, from Monday through Wednesday night. Updated guidance issued Sunday morning narrowed the immediate forecast to 150 to 300 millimetres, locally above 400 millimetres, for Ha Tinh and northern Quang Tri through Monday night, with 80 to 180 millimetres and local totals above 300 millimetres from southern Quang Tri to Da Nang and eastern Quang Ngai during Monday.

Evacuations and road controls are part of the order

Provincial and municipal leaders were told to inspect areas vulnerable to deep flooding, isolation and landslides, and to move residents from dangerous locations when necessary. The order gives particular attention to older adults, children and other vulnerable people.

Authorities were also directed to block people and vehicles from flooded underpasses, deeply submerged roads and landslide-prone areas when safety cannot be assured. Local officials may keep students home where conditions warrant. Defence and public-security agencies were instructed to support evacuations, rescues and traffic control.

Reservoir operations are a central concern. The agriculture, environment, industry and trade ministries were told to calculate regulation options for irrigation and hydropower reservoirs, balancing dam safety and downstream flood control with unusually low reservoir levels ahead of the dry season.

Earlier flooding shows the ground-level risk

The incoming central-coast threat follows damaging rain in northern Vietnam. Tuoi Tre News reported that Saturday flooding entered 38 homes in Lao Cai Province, damaged roads and triggered landslides. The report cited local authorities and the national weather agency. Those impacts are separate from the central Vietnam forecast and should not be read as damage already caused by the incoming rain.

No verified death toll was attributed to this new central-coast rain event in the official dispatch or the current reports reviewed for this article.

Source note

Government of Vietnam emergency directive; National forecast bulletin PDF; Tuoi Tre report on observed northern flooding; Sunday forecast update.