In light of Typhoon #Haiyan and its impact on Vietnam, the Yale-Tulane ESF-8 Planning and Response Program has produced a special report. . The group that produced this summary and analysis of the current situation are graduate students from Yale and Tulane Universities. It was compiled entirely from open source materials. Please feel free to forward the report to anyone who might be interested.

1. YALE/TULANE ESF-8 PLANNING AND RESPONSE PROGRAM SPECIAL REPORT
TYPHOON HAIYAN - VIETNAM
CURRENT SITUATION
WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL RESPONSE
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11 NOV 2013
(AS OF 1 PM EST)
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2. CURRENT SITUATION
WHERE: VIETNAM
WHEN: CRISIS IS ONGOING
SITUATION: SUPER TYPHOON HAIYAN/STORM 13
LOCATION: As of 5:00 AM UCT on November 11,
2013, Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda made landfall in
northern Quang Ninh province (21.3 degree latitude,
107.2 degree east longitude).
STRENGTH: Winds are recorded between 62 to 88 km
per hours, with torrential rains of 109 – 137mm in
northeastern provinces of Quang Ninh and Hai Phong.
MOVEMENT: Typhoon Haiyanis forecasted to
continue northward in the next 12 hours at a speed of
15-20 km per hour, heading to south China and
weakening to a tropical storm.
EVACUATIONS: Around 900,000 people have been
evacuated from at-risk regions in Vietnam. National
news agencies reported that 13 provinces and cities
from Thai Binh to Phu Yen planned the evacuations.
CASUALTIES: At least six people have been reported
dead in Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Thua Thien Hue.
SOURCES:
http://weather.com.ph/announcements/typhoon-haiyan-yolanda-final-update
http://news.chinhphu.vn/Home/Super-typhoon-Haiyan-makes-landfall-in-northernVN/201311/19422.vgp

3. WEATHER OUTLOOK
•
Haiyan’s strength is equal to that of a Category 1
hurricane in the Atlantic ocean. The typhoon made
landfall early morning local time (Sunday afternoon
EST).
•
Monday night local time: rainfall over parts of
northeastern Vietnam will be in the 100 to 200 mm
(4 to 8 inches) range, and some areas may receive
over 300 mm (12 inches) with this storm. Watch for
mudslides and stronger wind gusts.
•
Tuesday local time: Haiyan will lose typhoon status
and weaken below tropical storm strength.
AccuWeather
AccuWeather Article - Nov 10, 2013

4. NATIONAL RESPONSE
Prime Minister Dzung issued emergency communications on 7
November to alert the Ministries and the Provincial People’s
Committees from Thanh Hoa to Ca Mau to prepare for the
typhoon. Specific guidance was given on evacuating ships and
boats to safe zones/harbors; monitoring rainfall and flash flood
risks and safety reservoirs in the provinces; organizing
evacuation in high risk coastal communities.
•
THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE FOR FLOOD AND STORM
CONTROL (CCFSC)
‒ CCFSC is meeting daily to update the track of the
typhoon and send requests to neighboring
countries-China, Malaysia, Indonesia and the
Philippines-to assist Vietnamese fishermen in case
they need to seek shelter due to the typhoon in an
urgent manner.
‒ On 7 November CCFCS steering committee also
issued several alerts to provincial CFSCs and
ministries to provide more specific direction for the
preparation of the response to the storm.
‒ On 8 November, 2 pm, the Central Committee for
Flood and Storm Control met to provide response
guidance in different sectors, including air flight
schedules, ships and boats movement to safe
zones, search and rescue and evacuation plans in
all affected provinces.
‒ The government has sent alerts to 85,249 boats
and ships, or 395,392 fishermen, in order to move
to safer areas to avoid the impact of the typhoon.
‒
By 10 November, more than 600,000 people were evacuated
as the typhoon headed toward Viet Nam — more than
200,000 of these people were evacuated to shelters. Yet many
of the estimated 200,000 evacuated in four central provinces
on Saturday have been allowed to return to their homes.
•
ARMY has been mobilized around 170,000 in order to provide
emergency relief after the typhoon hits.
•
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: has been communicating
with embassies of neighboring countries, such as China,
Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia as well as the Vietnam
embassies, to support and shelter Vietnamese boats and
fishermen that may need help.
•
PROVINCIAL CITIES: The Provincial cities of Thái Bình, Hà
Tĩnh, Quang Tri, Thua Thiên Hue, Đà Nang, Quang Nam, Quang
Ngãi, Khánh Hòa , Phú Yên , Ninh Thuan, Bình Thuan, Ho Chí
Minh , Tien Giang, Sóc Trăng, Bình Duong, Can Tho have
reported their preparation measures to cope with the storm
•
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND AGENCIES FOR IRRIGATION are
checking the status of all dams in the provinces which would
be affected by the typhoon to develop a coping plan in case of
heavy rains, including the capital Hano.
•
OTHER:
•
Vietnam Airlines cancelled around 62 flights to and
from the country’s central provinces.
•
Many schools in the affected area have closed.
SOURCES: Viet Nam: Flash Update No.1 on Typhoon Haiyan (8 November 2013)
ReliefWeb Report - 10 Nov 2013, 5:50 GMT
ReliefWeb Report - 9 Nov 2013, 11:52 GMT

5. NGO SUPPORT
Save the Children has an emergency response team ready to
assist communities affected by the super storm. It has
warehouses in Hanoi and Da Nang stocked with 6,000
household, hygiene, and education kits ready for
distribution today.
ChildFund International is continuing to closely monitor the
typhoon as it tracks toward Vietnam. Response preparations
are underway.
World Vision staff and government counterparts helped
move some 600,000 people to evacuations centers in
Central Vietnam. Also, Word Vision is providing families with
food, water and sandbagging homes.
CARE is working closely with the Government of Vietnam
and partners to assess the impact of Typhoon Haiyan and
provide emergency relief support as necessary.
Samaritan’s Purse’s country office in Vietnam is making
preparations to respond as needed.
Residents collect sandbags to protect their houses against
Typhoon Haiyan in Vietnam's central Da Nang city,
November 9, 2013.(Reuters / Duc Hien)

6. RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT ACTION
On the morning of 10 November, VNRC headquarters instructed its
branches and volunteers in the northern provinces expected to be
hit by Haiyan to prepare and to be ready to respond to the storm
by assisting in the evacuation of residents to safer areas,
strengthening houses and public buildings, pre-positioning relief
stocks ready for distribution.
• 5,000 household kits and two Rubb halls of 100 square
meters each were prepositioned.
• Relief stocks were prepared (essential household items).
• 9,000 boxes of instant noodles and other food supplies
were distributed.
• The VNRC’s emergency fund to support relief goods was
also made ready to be accessed on the arrival of the
typhoon.
Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 November: provincial Red Cross chapters
temporarily ceased operations in Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh,
Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam and
Quang Ngai to enable Provincial Disaster Response Teams (PDRT) to
assist in evacuation of residents, especially the elderly, children and
orphans.
• Red Cross branches in these provinces are now assisting
residents in returning to their homes.
• So far, there have been two deaths and one injury in Hue. In
Quang Ngai, there have been two deaths and 13 injuries
reported.
IFRC- Information Bulletin #2 10 Nov 2013
Northern provinces predicted to be hit by the storm. Red Cross
chapters are also pre-positioning stocks to be ready for
distribution:
• Instant noodles, clothes, water filters, mosquito nets and
blankets.
• Red Cross chapters have also mobilized volunteers and staff to
assist CCFSC to evacuate residents to safer areas and conduct
house strengthening activities.
• Among these provinces, only Thanh Hoa has an established and
trained Provincial Disaster Response Teams (PDRT).
Francis Markus from the International Federation of Red Cross in
Hanoi:' 'We mustn't be complacent'

7. WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH)
Pre-Storm Access to Water and Sanitation
Human Waste Management Practices
Rates of access to improved water and sanitation in Vietnam are better than
• 75% of household in rural Vietnam have latrines,
the rates of neighboring countries. However, there remain enormous numbers
either unhygienic or hygienic latrines.
of people - particularly the poor - without access.
• Only 18% households in rural Vietnam have latrines
meeting Ministry of Health hygienic standards.
Current Vulnerability: The absence of wastewater treatment and sludge
• 30% of households in rural Vietnam use human feces
management is a significant gap given population density and the volume of
for cultivation. Of this group, only 20.6% compost
wastewater produced. This represents a severe environmental and public
feces in 6 months, as required, before using.
health hazard.
• 20% of schools do not have water supply and 52%
schools do not provide drinking water to pupils during
Rapid Growth, Lagging Infrastructure: Vietnam is experiencing rapid
school.
economic and population growth, requiring extended WASH coverage to
• Only 43.8% of rural households having no hygienic
ensure that WASH services are sustainable. This is particularly the case for
latrines plan to build latrines in the future. However,
sanitation, which is lagging behind water coverage.
57% rural households want to get non-interest loans
• Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) cites rural access to
to build hygienic latrines.
water at 75% and access to sanitation at 52%,6 demonstrating on‐going
inconsistencies and variability in coverage data.
• The Vietnam General Statistical Office 2005 Population and AIDS Indicators
(PIA) Survey identified that 42.8% of the total population use traditional pit
latrines, with 16.3% having ‘no facility’ or practicing open defecation.
Climate Change Induced Challenges: Vietnam has been identified as one of
five countries globally most vulnerable to sea‐level rise. Freshwater availability
is threatened by increasingly problematic water quality, compounded by
significant seasonal variability.

8. POINTS OF CONTACT
VIET NAM RED CROSS
• Mr. Doan Van Thai, vice president and secretary general; phone:
+84 913 216549 email: doanvanthai62@gmail.com
IFRC COUNTRY OFFICE, VIET NAM
• Michael Annear, country representative; phone +84 4 3942 2980,
email: michael.annear@ifrc.org
IFRC SOUTHEAST ASIA REGIONAL OFFICE, BANGKOK:
• Anne Leclerc, head of regional office; phone: +662 661 8201;
email: anne.leclerc@ifrc.org
IFRC ASIA PACIFIC ZONE OFFICE, KUALA LUMPUR; phone: +603
9207 5700, fax: +603 2161 0670
• Al Panico, head of operations, email: al.panico@ifrc.org
• Andreas von Weissenberg, operations coordinator; mobile:
+6012 2307895; email: andreas.weissenberg@ifrc.org
• Christine Strater, operations coordinator; mobile: +6012
2130 149; email: christine.strater@ifrc.org
• Florent Chane, zone logistics coordinator; email:
florent.chane@ifrc.org
• Martine Zoethoutmaar, relationship manager; email:
martine.zoethoutmaar@ifrc.org
• Peter Ophoff, head of planning, monitoring, evaluation and
reporting (PMER); email: peter.ophoff@ifrc.org
SOURE: Viet Nam: Flash Update No.1 on Typhoon Haiyan (8 November 2013)
Typhoon track forecast by Hong Kong Observatory, as of
14:00 hrs Hong Kong time on 10 November 2013
Source: Viet Nam Meteorological Forecast Center