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Vietnam Flooding Death Toll Climbs As Rains Devastate Provinces

Vietnam Flooding Death Toll Climbs As Rains Devastate Provinces

At least ninety people have died in Vietnam after days of intense rainfall set off flooding and landslides across several southern and central provinces, according to government officials on Sunday. Twelve more remain missing as rescue teams continue to search isolated communities.

The flooding, which followed some of the heaviest rain recorded in the country in more than three decades, has caused massive damage to homes, farmland and transport links. Authorities say the scale of the destruction marks one of Vietnam’s worst weather disasters this year.

More than one hundred and eighty six thousand homes have been damaged nationwide and …