Flash floods in some Vietnamese northern provinces caused by a storm since last Friday have killed119 local people and left 40 others missing, according to the country's Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control on Wednesday.
The flash floods and landslides by 21:00 Tuesday had also injured 86 others in the 10 provinces of Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Phu Tho,Quang Ninh, Ha Giang, Lang Son, Bac Can, Lai Chau, Thai Nguyen andDien Bien.
Of the 119 victims, 53 were from Lao Cai, 35 from Yen Bai, ninefrom Ha Giang, eight from Phu Tho and Quang Ninh each, two from Lang Son, and one from Bac Can, Lai Chau, Thai Nguyen and Dien Bien each.
The floods have destroyed 798 houses, inundated 17,888 others, and damaged 15,218 hectares of paddy rice and other crops, as well as some road and rail sections in the provinces, the committee said.
The government has instructed sectors and localities to overcome aftermath of the floods. Local rescuers, including many soldiers, have been actively seeking the missing people, and distributing rice, instant noodles, drinking water, medicines, clothes, blankets and mosquito-nets to people hit by the floods and landslides.
Source:Xinhua
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