Two fronts in one country. The north is still flooding: more than 2,000 homes submerged, some districts having taken more than 50 cm of rain this week, and more than 1,000 households isolated, with Ninh Binh and Thanh Hoa hardest hit south of Hanoi. The south's cold-air-driven spell, which began Sep 17, runs to about Sep 21 to 24, putting 10 to 20 cm on Ho Chi Minh City with flash-flood and landslide risk over Lam Dong and Dong Nai. High exposure, thin coverage. (Handled with care.)
THE RECORD
14 turning points on record since Aug 21 — the 8 most recent shown.
Sep 18↑ moved up the board
Sep 17▽ eased
Sep 16peak → active
Sep 15easing → peak · intensified sharply
Sep 13▽ slipped down the board
Sep 12▽ eased
Sep 11active → easing
Sep 8building → active
WHO IT TOUCHES
Public safetythree warning systems arriving on three different clocks, and two more that just told the public to un-believe something
Supply chainsthe Kanto corridor under a Monday arrival, the Great-Lakes freight lanes under the weekend rain, and two Vietnamese logistics regions flooded at once
Healtha 108 °F heat index across nine states, flood-water exposure on three continents, and two humanitarian ledgers still being counted
CONNECTED
The same physics on two coastlines, one arriving and one still draining — the ground decides, not the storm.
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