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‘No way out’: Death toll from Vietnam floods reaches 90 as search for missing continues
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‘No way out’: Death toll from Vietnam floods reaches 90 as search for missing continues

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The death toll from major flooding in Vietnam has reached 90. Twelve people are still missing after days of heavy rain and landslides.
South-central Vietnam has been battered by persistent rain since late October and popular holiday destinations have been hit by several floods.
Entire parts of the coastal city of Nha Trang were flooded last week, while deadly landslides hit the highland passes around the tourist center of Da Lat.
In the hard-hit mountainous province of Dak Lak, 61-year-old farmer Mach Van Si said floods left him and his wife stranded on their metal roof for two nights.

“Our neighborhood was completely destroyed. There was nothing left. Everything was covered in mud,” he said on Sunday.

Natural disasters left 279 people dead or missing in Vietnam and caused more than $2 billion in damage between January and October. Source: EPA / Stringer

By the time they climbed a ladder to their roof, Si said he was no longer afraid.

“I just thought we were going to die because there was no way out,” he said.
Since November 16, more than 60 people have been killed in Dak Lak, where tens of thousands of homes were flooded, the Environment Ministry said in a statement.

Four municipalities in Dak Lak were still flooded on Sunday, the ministry said.

Millions of livestock dead, crops destroyed

More than 80,000 hectares of rice and other crops in Dak Lak and four other provinces have been damaged in the past week, with more than 3.2 million livestock and poultry killed or washed away by floods.

Authorities have used helicopters to deliver aid to communities cut off by floods and landslides, with the government deploying tens of thousands of staff to deliver clothes, water purification tablets, instant noodles and other supplies to affected areas, according to state agency Tuoi Tre News.
Severe flooding in the southern coastal province of Khanh Hoa washed away two suspension bridges last week, leaving many households isolated, the newspaper said, citing officials.

According to the Environment Ministry, several locations on national highways remained blocked on Sunday due to flooding or landslides, and some rail routes were still suspended.

More than 129,000 customers were without electricity, after more than a million were without power last week.
The Environment Ministry on Sunday estimated economic losses in five provinces at $343 million due to the floods.
Natural disasters in Vietnam killed or went missing and caused more than US$2 billion ($3 billion) in damage between January and October, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

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