US EditionFloods Kill at Least 16 as Rescuers Pull People From Rooftops in Vietnam
Heavy rains have flooded over 43,000 houses and damaged more than 10,000 hectares of crops, including coffee farms, threatening the harvest in central Vietnam, officials said.
- The death toll rose to 16 after torrential rain since the weekend triggered flooding and landslides across central Vietnam, the government's disaster management agency reported on Thursday.
- From Saturday night, rainfall exceeded 1,100mm in several parts, and the national forecast warned of more flooding and landslides until Nov 22.
- The disaster management agency reported over 43,000 houses and over 10,000 hectares of crops flooded, while more than 553,000 households and businesses face blackouts after flood damage.
- Naval forces have been deployed to Khanh Hoa to help stranded citizens, hundreds of families were evacuated overnight, and school closures affected 26,000 students in Gia Lai; a seven-year-old girl rescued after a landslide is now stable.
- Traders warned floodwaters have inundated coffee farms, delaying harvest and drying with about 15% picked so far, while waters rise again in UNESCO-listed Hoi An and coffee plants in Dak Lak sit submerged.
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Severe flooding is wreaking havoc in Vietnam: fatalities, serious damage and continuing rains are making rescue efforts difficult.
Vietnam flood rises the death toll to 16, resulting in blackouts and power cuts
Central Vietnam is reeling after days of torrential rain triggered severe floods and landslides, killing at least 16, leaving five missing, submerging villages, and cutting power to over half a million homes.
Flooding worsens in central Vietnam, death toll rises to 16
HANOI (Reuters) -The death toll from a new round of torrential rain, flooding and landslides in central Vietnam since the weekend has risen to 16, a government report said on Thursday, with water levels rising further in already inundated towns and villages. Read full story
More than 20,000 homes were denied in several provinces, and the Vietnamese Government ordered the immediate evacuation of residents in view of the expectation that the rivers would exceed historical records.
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