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Typhoon in Vietnam

Type of Event:	Typhoon
Location of Event:	Vietnam (Dak Lak and Lam Dong provinces)
Date of Charter Activation:	04/10/2007 07:17 UTC
Charter Requestor:	USGS
Project Management:	Pacific Disaster Center

Description of Event

Typhoon Lekima made landfall in Vietnam on 3 October. Up to 500,000 people have been evacuated from central coastal areas, which were hit by torrential rains and high winds.

Images and/or Image Products Delivered under the Charter

Vietnam Flooding, moisture level
Source: ALOS
Acquired: 22/08/2007
Credit: Copyright: JAXA, PDC.
Image processing, map created by JAXA.

Vietnam Flooding, moisture level
Source: ALOS
Acquired: 07/10/2007
Credit: Copyright: JAXA, PDC.
Image processing, map created by JAXA.

Vietnam Flooding, moisture level
Source: RADARSAT
Acquired: 09/10/2007
Credit: Copyright: CSA, PDC.
Image processing, map created by CSA.

Typhoon Lekima, rainfall.
Source: NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM).
Estimated rainfall at over 100cm
over a 3 hour period shortly after
Typhoon Lekima made landfall along
the Central Vietnamese Coastline.
Credit: Copyright: NASA, PDC.
Image processing, map created by NASA.

High-resolution imagery and additional data are available at:

http://www.pdc.org/PDCNewsWebArticles/2007/Lekima/lekima.htm