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Flooding in Vietnam

Type of Event:	Flooding
Location of Event:	Vietnam (Dak Lak and Lam Dong provinces)
Date of Charter Activation:	07/08/2007
Charter Requestor:	USGS
Project Management:	Pacific Disaster Center

Description of Event

Between 4 and 6 August 2007, severe flooding hit the districts of Cu M’gar and Krong Nang of Dak Lak province and the districts of Di Linh, Bao Loc, Da Huoai and Cat Tien of Lam Don province. At least 8 people were killed and 15 people are still missing.

Images and/or Image Products Delivered Under the Charter

ENVISAT, Dak Lak and Lam Dong provinces flooded areas. Source: ENVISAT Acquired: 05/08/2007 and 01/07/2007 Change detection image: ENVISAT pre-flood image of 01/07/2007, post-flood image of 05/08/2007. ERDAS Imagine Software was used for calculations. Credit: Copyright PDC 2007 Image processing, map created by PDC. Higher resolution version	ENVISAT, Population density from Landscan 2005. Source: ENVISAT Acquired: 05/08/2007 and 01/07/2007 Change detection image: ENVISAT pre-flood image of 01/07/2007, post-flood image of 05/08/2007. ERDAS Imagine Software was used for calculations. Credit: Copyright PDC 2007 Image processing, map created by PDC. Higher resolution version
Dak Lak province flooded areas. Source: ENVISAT / DMC Acquired: 05/08/2007 and 14/08/2007 Credit: Copyright PDC 2007 Image processing, maps created by ESA / DMCii. Higher resolution version