11 killed by floods in central Vietnam
HANOI - Eleven people in Vietnam's central region have been killed or left missing by floods caused by a tropical low pressure late last week, local newspaper Pioneer reported Monday.
Seven victims were from Quang Binh province which faced flash floods fueled by heavy rain from Oct. 6-9. The floods inundated roughly 16,000 houses, damaged over 90,000 cubic meters of dykes, and killed many domestic animals, causing losses of more than 30 billion Vietnamese dong (VND) (nearly 1.9 million US dollars).
Floods in Quang Tri province have claimed three human lives, seriously injured eight local residents, inundated some 25,000 houses and 1,200 hectares of crops, and damaged 50 fishing boats and ships, causing an estimated property loss of 100 billion VND (6.3 million dollars), it said.
Last year, natural disasters killed 232 people and left 38 missing, injured 187 others, destroyed 4,200 houses and 3,000 hectares of rice, and killed over 2,000 cattle and 170,000 poultryin Vietnam, causing a property loss of over 900 billion VND (some 57 million dollars).
Xinhuanet - October 10, 2005.
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