Death toll from Vietnam floods rises to 90, several still missing

"Vietnamese government estimates economic losses of $343m across five provinces due to the floods. The death toll from severe floods in south and central Vietnam has risen to 90, authorities said, as the Southeast Asian country continues to assess the damage after days of relentless rain. In a statement on Sunday, the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said some 63 of the deaths since November 16 were recorded in the mountainous central Dak Lak province, where tens of thousands of homes were flooded."

"Mach Van Si, a 61-year-old farmer in Dak Lak, said the floodwaters left him and his wife stranded on their sheet-metal rooftop for two nights. Our neighbourhood was completely destroyed. Nothing was left. Everything was covered in mud, he told the AFP news agency on Sunday. By the time they climbed a ladder to their roof, Si said he was no longer scared. I just thought we were going to die because there was no way out, he said."

"More than 80,000 hectares (200,000 acres) of rice and other crops across Dak Lak and four other provinces were damaged in the last week, with more than 3.2 million livestock or poultry dead or washed away by floodwaters. Authorities have used helicopters to airdrop aid to communities cut off by flooding and landslides, with the government deploying tens of thousands of personnel to deliver clothing, water purification tablets, instant noodles and other supplies to affected areas,"

Severe floods and relentless rain across south and central Vietnam have killed 90 people, with 63 fatalities in Dak Lak province and at least 12 people missing. The government estimates economic losses of $343 million across five provinces. Tens of thousands of homes were flooded in Dak Lak and other areas, leaving many communities inundated and hundreds of families affected. More than 80,000 hectares of crops were damaged and over 3.2 million livestock or poultry were killed or washed away. Authorities used helicopters to airdrop aid and deployed tens of thousands of personnel to deliver clothing, water purification tablets, instant noodles and other supplies.

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