Floods, Landslides Kill 37 In Vietnam, Scores Missing
Fakhir Rizvi Published October 12, 2017 | 09:30 AM
At least 37 people have died and another 40 are missing after floods and landslides ravaged northern and central Vietnam, disaster officials said Thursda
HANOI (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Oct, 2017 ) :At least 37 people have died and another 40 are missing after floods and landslides ravaged northern and central Vietnam, disaster officials said Thursday.
The deaths occurred across six provinces as heavy rains lashed swathes of the country this week, Vietnam's Disaster Management Authority said.
Northern Hoa Binh is the hardest hit with 11 dead and 21 missing. "We are mobilising all forces to search for the missing," a disaster official in the province told AFP by phone.
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