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Floods Take Heavy Toll On Lives, Property In Central Vietnam

Floods continued to ravage Quang Binh and Ha Tinh provinces in central Vietnam Wednesday, leaving 20 people dead or missing, and seriously damaging property.

In Quang Binh, the worst-hit province, five people are reportedly dead or missing, with Minh Hoa, Tuyen Hoa, and Quang Trach districts bearing the brunt of the floods.

Rescue teams said they were unable to reach flood-hit areas because of the rocky-muddy terrain.

A boat carrying 12 rescue workers capsized and one person was reported missing.

More than 48,000 homes and 65,700 hectares of crops are under water.

Floods also severed communications besides damaging at least six sections of the north-south railway.

Thousands of people had been displaced, local authorities reported, adding that damage to property was yet to be assessed.

They said the floods were the worst in the last 14 years.

In Ha Tinh the death toll has risen to 15. Twelve were swept away by the floods and three killed by lightning.

Ky Anh, Huong Khe, and Duc Tho districts are heavily flooded with many areas marooned.

The floods also decimated infrastructure and 24,000 hectares of crops and fish ponds.

Water levels in rivers continued to rise Wednesday, submerging thousands of homes.

Preliminary losses were estimated at VND70 billion (US$4.3 million), authorities said.

They added the floods were as bad as the ones in 2002.

So far the floods, triggered by a storm that has since weakened, had killed at least 32 people in the central and central highlands regions, officials said.

Tropical storms and typhoons regularly hit Vietnam between August and October.

Last year there were 10 which saw 500 people killed by floods and landslides.

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