A storm and flood in the 8th lunar month put the capital more than eight thước under water, flooding the imperial palace to 3.36 m and breaking open the Tư Hiền estuary; Quảng Trị, Quảng Bình, Quảng Nam and Quảng Ngãi were hit too.
Natural disaster
Flood of 1811 at Huế
- 1811
- Southeast Asia
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