Floods kill 111 in central Vietnam, Storm Saudel on the way

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HANOI (AFP) - More than 100 people have died and 20 others are missing in central Vietnam following weeks of severe flooding and landslides, authorities said on Wednesday (Oct 21), as the country braced for yet another storm this weekend.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

HANOI - More than 100 people have died and 20 others are missing in central Vietnam following weeks of severe flooding and landslides, authorities said on Wednesday , as the country braced for yet another storm this weekend.

Ms Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu of the Vietnam Red Cross Society said the floods are"some of the worst we have seen in decades". A search team is still trying to find 15 of the missing plant workers, who were also caught up in a landslide.

 

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