Vietnam floods, landslides kill at least 90, US$2 billion in damage
Natural disasters have left 279 people dead or missing in Vietnam and caused more than US$2 billion in damage between January and October
Heavy rain, severe flooding and landslides in Vietnam have killed at least 90 people in the last week, authorities said on Sunday, leaving others stranded on rooftops and mountain roadways blocked.
Relentless rain has lashed south-central Vietnam since late October, and popular holiday destinations have been hit by several rounds of flooding, with economic losses estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Whole sections of coastal Nha Trang city were flooded last week, while deadly landslides struck highland passes around the Đà Lạt tourist hub.
In the hard-hit mountainous province of Dak Lak, 61-year-old farmer Mach Van Si said the floodwaters left him and his wife stranded on their sheet-metal rooftop for two nights.
“Our neighbourhood was completely destroyed. Nothing was left. Everything was covered in mud,” he said on Sunday.