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| Death toll rise in Vietnam floods | Death toll rise in Vietnam floods |
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| Wide-scale floods in central Vietnam have killed more people than officials originally estimated, after a tropical storm wreaked havoc in the region. | Wide-scale floods in central Vietnam have killed more people than officials originally estimated, after a tropical storm wreaked havoc in the region. |
| Tropical storm Mirinae killed at least 40 people in a number of provinces, with at least 10 others missing, government officials said. | |
| The hardest-hit provinces include Phu Yen, Kanah Hoa, Gia Lai and Binh Dinh. | The hardest-hit provinces include Phu Yen, Kanah Hoa, Gia Lai and Binh Dinh. |
| Soldiers have been sent in to help rescue people from the estimated 2,600 households destroyed by the storm. | Soldiers have been sent in to help rescue people from the estimated 2,600 households destroyed by the storm. |
| Disaster officials aid information was still trickling in from isolated areas and the toll could rise. | |
| An official from Vietnam's national disaster committee told reporters that most of the recorded deaths were due to the floods, with Phu Yen province worst hit. | An official from Vietnam's national disaster committee told reporters that most of the recorded deaths were due to the floods, with Phu Yen province worst hit. |
| 'Mass evacuations' | 'Mass evacuations' |
| An estimated 338 millimetres (13 inches) of rain fell in Vietnam's central provinces, the disaster committee states. | An estimated 338 millimetres (13 inches) of rain fell in Vietnam's central provinces, the disaster committee states. |
| Around 2,600 houses and 4,400 acres (1,800 hectares) of farmland have been destroyed, it believes. | Around 2,600 houses and 4,400 acres (1,800 hectares) of farmland have been destroyed, it believes. |
| Vietnam says more than 50,000 people were evacuated from coastal regions before the storm hit on Monday night. | Vietnam says more than 50,000 people were evacuated from coastal regions before the storm hit on Monday night. |
| State television showed pictures of people stuck on roofs of houses, and rescuers attempting to take children and the elderly to safety. | State television showed pictures of people stuck on roofs of houses, and rescuers attempting to take children and the elderly to safety. |
| Helicopters loaded with emergency food supplies have been dispatched to isolated villages, and to rescue the most vulnerable, the government says. | Helicopters loaded with emergency food supplies have been dispatched to isolated villages, and to rescue the most vulnerable, the government says. |
| Over the weekend Mirinae - which was then at Typhoon strength - crossed over the northern Philippines, which is still reeling after being hit by unrelenting bad weather in recent months. | Over the weekend Mirinae - which was then at Typhoon strength - crossed over the northern Philippines, which is still reeling after being hit by unrelenting bad weather in recent months. |