Improving early flood warnings for the communities in Vietnam

Flooding is one of the most serious natural hazards in Vietnam. While flood early warning has improved significantly in recent years, many difficulties and challenges remain, especially related to flood forecasting and delivering early warnings to communities. Extreme flooding is becoming more frequent, unusual and diverging from historical patterns due to climate change, operational impacts, and improper development planning and urbanization. If forecasting and early warning do not fully and comprehensively consider these factors, the accuracy of early warning messages can be substantially undermined.