Floods claim 41 lives in Vietnam
Rowing the boat in the middle of the street: A resident pushes a boat along flooded road in Vietnam's northern Bac Giang province, about 100 km north of Hanoi, on Sunday. Picture: Reuters
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
FLOODS triggered by Typhoon Hagupit have now claimed at least 41 lives in northern Vietnam, as rescuers continued to search for five people reported missing, disaster officials said yesterday.
Hagupit made landfall in Vietnam on Wednesday, triggering severe flooding and landslides in eight mountainous provinces, said the national flood and storm control committee.
More than 60 people have been injured, several thousand homes have been inundated with floodwaters and thousands of hectares of crops have been destroyed.
Material losses have been estimated at more than one trillion dong ($87 million), the Hanoi-based committee said.
Government staff and soldiers are trying to distribute relief supplies to survivors located in remote and mountainous areas, who were cut off from the outside world for several days.
Floods and storms in Vietnam claim hundreds of lives every year between July and November.
AFP
Hagupit made landfall in Vietnam on Wednesday, triggering severe flooding and landslides in eight mountainous provinces, said the national flood and storm control committee.
More than 60 people have been injured, several thousand homes have been inundated with floodwaters and thousands of hectares of crops have been destroyed.
Material losses have been estimated at more than one trillion dong ($87 million), the Hanoi-based committee said.
Government staff and soldiers are trying to distribute relief supplies to survivors located in remote and mountainous areas, who were cut off from the outside world for several days.
Floods and storms in Vietnam claim hundreds of lives every year between July and November.
AFP
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