The recent circulation of storm No. 1 caused an early and unusually large flood.

This is the first storm in the East Sea to appear in June after more than 40 years, and the first storm to cause exceptionally heavy rain in the Central Central region in June since 1952, with rainfall far exceeding previous records.

Very heavy to extremely heavy rain occurred widely from South Ha Tinh to Quang Nam, with total rainfall ranging from 250-550mm, many places over 800mm, especially Bach Ma station (Hue) reaching 1203mm/3 days - the highest in history in June, surpassing the record of 410mm/1 day in Nam Dong in 1983. More unusually, there were 32 stations recording 6-hour rain exceeding 200mm, of which Loc Tri station (Thua Thien Hue) recorded up to 319.4mm in 6 hours - an extreme level rarely seen in the June data series.

The storm circulation caused an early and unusual flood, concentrated from June 11-14 on rivers from South Quang Binh to Quang Nam, with flood peaks generally at alert levels 2-3, some rivers exceeding alert level 3: Thach Han (6.04m), Bo (4.50m) were both the highest flood peaks in June in the past 30 years.

"This natural disaster shows the seasonal shift and extreme level of weather and climate, which is unusual and no longer regular," the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting assessed.

According to reports from the provinces/cities of Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Hue, Da Nang , Quang Nam, as of 6:00 a.m. on June 16, storm No. 1 and rain and floods have killed 9 people (Quang Binh: 4 people, Quang Tri: 3 people, Hue: 2 people). Regarding housing, 5 houses collapsed in Quang Nam; 94 houses were damaged, roofs blown off (Ha Tinh: 27 houses, Hue: 61 houses, Quang Nam: 1 house, Quang Tri: 5 houses).

Regarding agriculture, 59,988 hectares of rice and crops were flooded (Nghe An 426 hectares, Quang Binh 13,436 hectares, Quang Tri 25,372 hectares, Hue 18,853 hectares, Da Nang 1,901 hectares). Regarding aquaculture, 2,341 hectares of aquaculture were damaged due to flooding and washing away (Quang Binh 1,636 hectares, Quang Tri 623 hectares, Da Nang 33 hectares, Quang Nam 49 hectares); 324 cages were damaged (Quang Binh 265, Quang Tri 59). Regarding boats, 08 boats sank or were damaged (Quang Binh 3, Da Nang 5).

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