Fifty-one people were killed and 14 others went missing since the most severe floods in Vietnam over the past 45 years started hitting the country's northern and central regions on Oct. 4, Vietnam News Agency reported Monday.
In the flooding triggered by torrential rain, central Nghe An province suffered biggest human loss with 22 deaths and three missing, followed by northern Hoa Binh province with nine deaths and three missing, and northern Son La province with seven deaths and three missing, the agency quoted the country's Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention as reporting.
The disaster also damaged some 58,000 houses, inundated 120,000 hectares of subsidiary crops, and submerged transport system in many areas.
Local authorities have used helicopters and boats to offer relief aid to stranded villagers.
Natural disasters, including typhoons and hails in Vietnam killed 339 people, left 274 persons missing, and injured 2,065 others in 2006. The estimated losses totaled 18.6 trillion Vietnamese dong (nearly 1.2 billion U.S. dollars) in the year.
Source: Xinhua
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