Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Downpours, flash flood pound northern and central Vietnam

A bridge collapsed in Thanh Hoa. Photo

It is one of the highest death tolls in Vietnam caused by flooding, landslides

Heavy rains have triggered flash floods in northern and central Vietnam causing the loss of 54 lives and 39 missing and a lot of havoc in local provinces. According to the official statistics, it said more than 8.000 hectares of land growing rice damaged and around 40,000 animals were killed or washed away. 

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