WorldsAid historical record · Node 376
Floods and Landslides
Heavy rain has been affecting southern Laos, and central-eastern Thailand since 6-7 October, due to the passage of tropical storm LINFA on 9-12 October, triggering floods that have resulted in casualties and damage.
- Original publication
- 2020-10-27
- Event / place
- LA · Floods - Ended
- Status
- CLOSED
- Recovery reviewed
- 13 September 2026
Historical record
Imported 2026-10-07 · CLOSED
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About this record
Original report recovered from an archived page
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Snapshot: 2023-06-27. The report body and its links are preserved below; the old navigation is omitted.
Archived report
Heavy rain has been affecting southern Laos, and central-eastern Thailand since 6-7 October, due to the passage of tropical storm LINFA on 9-12 October, triggering floods that have resulted in casualties and damage. In Laos, around 900 families were reported affected throughout the southern Province of Savannakhet. (ECHO, 12 Oct 2020)
As of 22 October, in Savannakhet province, 125 villages with nearly 30,000 people, have been affected. In the province’s Sepon district alone, 40 villages with nearly 1,000 households have been flooded. (ECHO, 22 Oct 2020)
As of 20 October 2020, nine districts in three provinces were affected by the floods. The affected provinces are Salawan, Savannakhet and Sekong. As of 20 October 2020, another tropical storm, tropical storm Saudel, is traversing through Philippines and the East Sea following similar path as the previous three weather systems. This tropical storm may cause more rainfall in Lao PDR as well and will possibly exacerbate the floods in the area. 163 villages in the three provinces, with an estimated 10,637 households (69,764 people) were affected. Savannakhet is the worst affected province. There are 135 villages with more than 10,000 households affected in the province. In Sekong province, almost 2,000 people are affected. Salawan province reported less than 300 people affected but had a total of 2 deaths reported in Salawan province. (IFRC, 22 Oct 2020.)
Dated figures
- People affected across three provinces
- 69,764
IFRC assessment dated 20 October 2020, as quoted in the original report - People affected in Savannakhet
- Nearly 30,000
ECHO update dated 22 October 2020; a different geographic scope - Households / villages
- 10,637 / 163
Three-province assessment dated 20 October 2020 - Deaths in Salawan
- 2
Assessment dated 20 October 2020
Related sections
- Aid zone: ASIA
- Disaster or event: Floods - Ended
- Country: Laos
Linked charities and agencies
Citations of this record
- MDPI · Remote Sensing · 2023
References the WorldsAid report on October 2020 flooding in Laos. The study analyses flooding with remote-sensing observations; the citation is to a narrative event report.
Sources and recovery history
- Remote Sensing · Flood Analysis Using Multi-Scale Remote Sensing Observations in Laos · cites WorldsAid node 376
- Wayback Machine · recovered WorldsAid node 376
The node number and title were compared with the cited publication and the available record export. The archive capture was retrieved and the article body extracted in this review.
Retrieved 13 September 2026. Archive capture SHA-256: 2f973a38fd763170fa9152edc9669560c9f34fd9e86a3b405925d91c2afdfc63.
Figures on this historical page describe their stated reporting period. A recovery date is not a new observation of the emergency.