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Death toll rise in Vietnam floods Vietnam floods leave dozens dead
(about 6 hours later)
Wide-scale floods in central Vietnam have killed more people than officials originally estimated, after a tropical storm wreaked havoc in the region. The death toll from severe flooding in Vietnam triggered by a tropical storm has risen to about 90, officials say.
Tropical storm Mirinae killed at least 40 people in a number of provinces, with at least 10 others missing, government officials said. Tropical storm Mirinae caused widespread damage in central provinces when it struck on Monday.
The hardest-hit provinces include Phu Yen, Kanah Hoa, Gia Lai and Binh Dinh. Hundreds of houses were destroyed and tens of thousands of people stranded by flood waters, local reports said.
Soldiers have been sent in to help rescue people from the estimated 2,600 households destroyed by the storm. In the worst-hit province of Phu Yen, the disaster committee described it as "the most devastating flooding in more than 30 years".
Disaster officials aid information was still trickling in from isolated areas and the toll could rise. Some 2,000 soldiers have been sent to help with the rescue effort. Disaster officials said information was still trickling in from isolated areas and the death 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. Food drops
'Mass evacuations' Television images from affected areas showed residents stranded on top of their houses, as well as submerged trees and buildings.
An estimated 338 millimetres (13 inches) of rain fell in Vietnam's central provinces, the disaster committee states. Worst-hit provinces included Phu Yen, Kanah Hoa, Gia Lai and Binh Dinh, all in central Vietnam.
Around 2,600 houses and 4,400 acres (1,800 hectares) of farmland have been destroyed, it believes. In Phu Yen, 65 people were known to have died and another 13 were missing, a local disaster official said.
Vietnam says more than 50,000 people were evacuated from coastal regions before the storm hit on Monday night. Troops were using boats and helicopters to drop food supplies and to ferry residents to safety. Swaths of farmland are reported to have been ruined.
State television showed pictures of people stuck on roofs of houses, and rescuers attempting to take children and the elderly to safety. The storm brought an estimated 338mm (13ins) of rain when it hit on Monday.
Helicopters loaded with emergency food supplies have been dispatched to isolated villages, and to rescue the most vulnerable, the government says. More than 50,000 people were evacuated from coastal regions before it struck, the government said.
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. It arrived from the Philippines, where it killed more than 20 people and forced thousands into evacuation centres.