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cHAFMmST1CS OF THE DISASTER
E3ENT:
Tropical Storm and Floods
DAmTIME: September 1968
LOCATION:
Provinces of Saravane, Attopeu, Sedone, Wapilchamthong, and
Savannakhet
DAMAGES: Killed Iqjured Homeless Requiring F'cd Assistance
None About About
2 Reported 600 9 :, 000
avannakhet
There were 120 haws destroyed and 610 w e d and over 2,000
water buffalo, cattle, pigs and fowl lost. No dollar damage
was reported for this or for the hms but the following
economic losses were given:
bss 9,000 met1:ic tons
of rice, estbnted
value $1,200,000
Damages to roach 42,000
Medical supplies &
other equipmenl; 35,000
Other losses 2 800
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DESCXPTION OF THE DISASTER
In early September 1968, a severe
tropical storm moved across the
northern portic~n of South Vietnam
between the 14th and 17th parallel.
The storm triggered torrential
rains over the mountainous
regions of Lao:;. The rains continued,
almost incessantly, for
eight days. TI= watershed,
rivers and strc?ams feeding into
the Plekang, a1:mady swollen fmm
heavy rains further north, were
inadequate to {cope with the concentrated
deluge and three major