At Least 70 Die in New Vietnam Flooding
Heavy floods battering large parts of central coastal Vietnam have killed at least 70 people and forced rescue workers to evacuate hundreds of thousands to higher ground, official media reported today.
The Vietnam News daily said the death toll from the floods, which come just one month after the central region’s worst flooding in a century, was likely to rise.
Rescue workers had been unable to contact about 1,000 families in isolated areas hit hard by days of torrential rain, the paper said. The military was mobilized to help with search and rescue, it added.
Last month’s floods killed 592 people and caused $235 million in damage. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said its appeal for $4.4 million will probably be raised in the wake of the new flooding.
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