At least 41 killed as floods, landslides hit central Vietnam
Vietnamese authorities have reported that at least 41 people have been killed due to heavy rainfall, flooding, and landslides, as rescue crews work to save stranded individuals from the rooftops of submerged homes.
Rainfall exceeded 150cm (60 inches) over the past three days in several parts of central Vietnam, a region home to a key coffee production belt and the country’s most popular beaches, News.Az reports citing foreign media.
At least 41 people have been killed across six provinces since Sunday, while the search was continuing for nine others, the environment ministry said on Thursday.
More than 52,000 houses were flooded, and nearly 62,000 people were evacuated from their homes, while several major roads remained blocked due to landslides, and one million customers were left without electricity.
A suspension bridge on the Da Nhim River in Lam Dong province was swept away on Thursday morning, the VietnamNet newspaper reported.
Photos taken by the AFP news agency also showed hundreds of cars underwater as flooding inundated entire city blocks in Nha Trang, a popular tourist spot on the coast.
Local business owner Bui Quoc Vinh said his ground-floor restaurants and shops were under about a metre (3.2 feet) of water in the city.
“I am worried about our furniture in my restaurants and shops, but of course I cannot do anything now,” he told AFP.
“I don’t think the water is going to recede soon, as the rain has not stopped.”
The national weather forecast agency has warned of more flooding and landslides on Friday, with heavy rain set to continue in the region.
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