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Event:
DR Drought
Number:
1999-000084
Country:
VNM Viet Nam
Location:
Central - North regions
Date (YMD):
1999-3-
Time:
Duration:
Magnitude:
Information Source:
CRED EM-DAT
Comments:
In northern mountainous and midland provinces and north-central provinces, the 1998 rainy season ended one month earlier than usual. The total amount of rainfall was only 50 - 70 per cent of the annual average. At present, water levels in rivers and streams in the north are 20 - 30 per cent lower than average. Salt water has encroached into rice fields.
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