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Agence France-Presse

Days of unseasonably torrential rains have killed at least 24 people in central Vietnam, authorities said on Monday, inundating large parts of the region including the popular tourist town of Hoi An.
Vietnam regularly experiences tropical storms and heavy downpours but it is unusual for the country to see so much rain in December, during the cooler dry season that is popular with tourists.

Coastal Binh Dinh province reported the biggest death toll with 16 people killed since heavy rains began on December 12, according to an official online report from the national flood and storm control committee.
At least two more are missing in the province with hundreds of houses in remote areas currently under water.
The report said damage totalled US$32 million with more than 32,000 hectares of crops destroyed.
Parts of the central town of Hoi An, a World Heritage site that boasts picturesque pre-colonial trading houses, were submerged under water.

“It is strange for our town to be hit with flooding in December,” said Nguyen Thi Hon, a restaurant owner in Hoi An, adding some tourists had taken to seeing the sights by boat.
The floodwaters have receded in the last few days, she said.
But local forecasters have warned of further rains to come in the region at the end of the week.


Floods kill 24 in central Vietnam as forecasters warn of more rain

A boy paddling a boat past flooded houses in the central province of Binh Dinh on December 19, 2016. Photo: AFP

This picture taken on December 18, 2016 shows a boy leaving his flooded home on a rubber tyre tube in the central province of Binh Dinh. Days of unseasonably torrential rains have killed at least 24 people in central Vietnam, authorities said on December 19, inundating swathes of the region including the tourist draw town of Hoi An. / AFP PHOTO / STR

This picture taken on December 18, 2016 shows a man wading through floodwaters in front of his home in the central province of Binh Dinh. Days of unseasonably torrential rains have killed at least 24 people in central Vietnam, authorities said on December 19, inundating swathes of the region including the tourist draw town of Hoi An. / AFP PHOTO / STR

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