Floods’ death toll climbs to 35 in central Vietnam

As of Monday night, floods caused by the torrential rains that began last Wednesday have killed at least 35 people in Vietnam’s Central region, the Central Committee of Storm and Flood Control reported.

Another two in Ha Tinh province were reported missing, while Quang Binh reported three injured, according to the latest figures released by the committee.

In the meantime, 19 people who went missing when a bus carrying 37 people was swept away in Ha Tinh’s Xuan Lam Commune on Monday remain at large.

Floods have destroyed nearly 200,000 houses in affected provinces, the committee reported, warning that water levels at local rivers will keep rising, as rains continue to pound the provinces.

In unrelated news, at a committee meeting held Monday, Cao Duc Phat, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said his agency has asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to urge China to let the nine fishermen who are now stuck on the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago stay there until supertyphoon Megi ends.

The fishermen, who contacted their families Sunday, more than five days after they were announced missing, following China’s release, should also be provided with food, water and oil as well as support in repairing their boat, Phat said.

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Floods’ death toll climbs to 35 in central Vietnam

As of Monday night, floods caused by the torrential rains that began last Wednesday have killed at least 35 people in Vietnam’s Central region, the Central Committee of Storm and Flood Control reported.

Another two in Ha Tinh province were reported missing, while Quang Binh reported three injured, according to the latest figures released by the committee.

In the meantime, 19 people who went missing when a bus carrying 37 people was swept away in Ha Tinh’s Xuan Lam Commune on Monday remain at large.

Floods have destroyed nearly 200,000 houses in affected provinces, the committee reported, warning that water levels at local rivers will keep rising, as rains continue to pound the provinces.

In unrelated news, at a committee meeting held Monday, Cao Duc Phat, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said his agency has asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to urge China to let the nine fishermen who are now stuck on the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago stay there until supertyphoon Megi ends.

The fishermen, who contacted their families Sunday, more than five days after they were announced missing, following China’s release, should also be provided with food, water and oil as well as support in repairing their boat, Phat said.

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Mindulle death toll climbs to 11 in Vietnam

As of Thursday, at least 11 people have been killed and 72 have been injured by typhoon Mindulle in Vietnam.

The Typhoon, the third to hit the East Sea this year, made landfall late on August 24 in Vietnam’s central coast, according to the National Committee of Search and Rescue.

Nghe An province lost six residents while Quang Binh and Ha Tinh provinces reported two and three dead, respectively.

Before calming on Wednesday, Mindulle destroyed over 64,500 hectares of rice paddies between Quang Ngai and Thanh Hoa.

Over 47,000 houses, meanwhile, were damaged and 34 boats were sunk, the committee said.

Mindulle also brought a whirlwind to Hanoi’s Me Linh District Wednesday, injuring five people, according to Le Thanh Hai, vice director of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).

The adjacent province of Hung Yen also suffered Tuesday, Hai added. It was estimated that 20 local students and teachers were injured as a whirlwind toppled more than 3,000 trees and trashed over 300 houses.

In July, Typhoon Conson, the first storm of the season, left at least one dead in Vietnam after killing 68 in the Philippines.

In the meantime, NCHMF Thursday said that a low pressure zone hovering over the Pacific has strengthened into a tropical depression which will upgrade into a storm within the next one to two days.

Another low pressure zone has been recorded near the Philippines’ Luzong Island and is heading for the East Sea, the center said.

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