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Vietnam flood toll up to 32: official
Hanoi (AFP) Sept 28, 2008 The death toll from floods in northern Vietnam triggered by Typhoon Hagupit has increased to at least 32, with five others still reported missing, disaster officials said Sunday. Hagupit made landfall in Vietnam on Wednesday, triggering severe flooding and landslides in eight mountainous provinces, said the national flood and storm control committee. Deaths were reported in five provinces, the committee said on its website. Several thousand homes have suffered flood damage. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Saturday asked relevant authorities to mobilise all resources to rescue those stranded by floodwaters and closely monitor the country's river dyke system, as water levels remain high. Rescue workers and soldiers have reached some flood-hit areas by boat, distributing instant noodles, clean water and medicine to those in need, the Hanoi-based committee said. Weather forecasters have said a tropical storm forming in the South China Sea could affect Vietnam over the next few days. Floods and storms in Vietnam claim hundreds of lives every year between July and November. Related Links Bringing Order To A World Of Disasters When the Earth Quakes A world of storm and tempest
46 killed, four million affected in east India floods
Bhubaneswar, India (AFP) Sept 24, 2008Twenty more people were killed, taking to 46 the death toll from floods which have destroyed tens of thousands of homes in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, officials said Wednesday. |
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