First statistics showed that three people in Khanh Hoa Province were killed, one electrocuted, one drowned and another wiped away in the water. They have not been identified, Saigon Tiep Thi said Sunday
More than twenty houses in Nha Trang, the province's resort town were collapsed and hundreds of others were 1-1.5 meters flooded.
Meanwhile, Van Cong Trai, the owner of a fishing boat from Binh Dinh Province that was caught in stormy waters on Saturday, has been reported missing along with Nguyen Van Loi, captain of a boat from Nghe An that sank on Friday.
All seven other people on Trai’s boat and the three on Loi’s boat were rescued.
Also on Saturday, the engine of a fishing boat from Binh Dinh carrying ten people cut out in rough waters. As of Saturday night, it is unknown if any rescue attempts have been made.
On Saturday morning, two ships that were anchored off Quang Ngai Province sank, causing damage amounting to more than VND300 million (US$15,400).
Rough waters have prevented rescuers from bringing the ships to the surface.
In related news, the heavy downpours flooded many roads in Phu Yen Province by up to one meter in some places.
As of Saturday, many communes cannot be reached, and flights to and from Ho Chi Minh City have been canceled.
Cam Ranh Airport in Khanh Hoa also canceled eight flights to Hanoi, HCMC and Da Nang on Friday.
Many trains came to a standstill as landslides damaged the north-south railway line in several places.
Authorities in Khanh Hoa and Ninh Thuan have planned to evacuate residents to high places as water levels are rising quickly.
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