The body of the last missing flood victim in south central Vietnam has been recovered, bringing the monthly death toll from floods in the country to 24, the Deutsche Presse-Agentur, DPA, has quoted authorities as saying on Monday.

Floods have wreaked havoc in August in both the Central Highlands of southern Vietnam as well as in northern Vietnam, where Typhoon Wipha made landfall on 2nd August, killing 13 in the subsequent flooding, the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control reported. Six remain missing in the northern floods.

In the south, nearly 3,900 houses and more than 22,000 hectares of crops were submerged, mostly in Lam Dong province. Floods have also damaged more than 30 kilometres of national roads, including the road leading to the tourist city of Dalat.

They have also destroyed 142 hectares of aquarium farming and 4,300 cages of river-raised fish. Damages are estimated at more than one billion Vietnamese dong (US$46 million), the most serious loss in recent years. Deadly floods are common in Vietnam. </s> The body of the last missing flood victim in south-central Vietnam has been recovered, bringing the monthly death toll from floods in the country to 24, authorities announced on Monday.

Floods have wreaked havoc in August in the Central Highlands of southern Vietnam as well as in northern Vietnam, where Typhoon Wipha made landfall on August 2, killing 13 in the subsequent flooding, the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control reported.

Six remain missing in the northern floods.

In the south, nearly 3,900 houses and more than 22,000 hectares of crops were submerged, mostly in Lam Dong province.

Floods have also damaged more than 30km of national roads, including the road leading to the tourist city of Dalat.

They have also destroyed 142 hectares of aquarium farming and 4,300 cages of river-raised fish.

Damages are estimated at more than $46m, the most serious loss in recent years.

Deadly floods are common in Vietnam.

The country's disaster prevention agency reported that 181 people died in natural disasters last year. Almost all were killed in storm-related incidents, such as floods and landslides. </s> Country’s Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control today said that the Flash floods and landslides due to heavy rainfall in Vietnam’s northern and central regions over the past few days have resulted in the death of 13 people and three people are still missing.

As of Monday morning, floods claimed nine lives and left three people missing in central Thanh Hoa province. Meanwhile, floods and landslides killed one person each of the four northern provinces of Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, Son La and Lang Son, Xinhua news agency reported.

The floods and landslides also destroyed 364 houses, damaged over 6,523 hectares of rice and other crops, killed 512 cattle and 56,367 fowls, and damaged 963 hectares of aquaculture ponds, 620 meters of dykes and 6,174 meters of canals, said the committee.

Natural disasters, mostly typhoons, floods and landslides, killed or left missing 153 people and injured 119 others, and caused property losses of over 7,000 billion Vietnamese dong (304.3 million U.S. dollars) in the first eight months of this year, according to Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. </s> A man paddles a boat near a partially submerged house after a flood in Vietnam's central Quang Nam province, December 4, 2016. VNA/Do Truong/via REUTERS

HANOI (Reuters) - Floods brought by torrential rain since late November have killed at least 13 people in central Vietnam while more heavy rain is expected in coming days, the government and state media said on Sunday.

Six people have died in floods in Binh Dinh province since Thursday and another four were killed in Quang Ngai province, while more than 10,000 homes in the two provinces were submerged, the government said.

Three children aged between four and 13 were swept away in flood waters in Quang Nam province on Saturday, the Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper cited a provincial report as saying.

A cold snap now moving southward is forecast to bring heavy rain to central provinces between now and next Thursday, the government report said.

Floods killed 65 people since October in central provinces, submerged 200,000 homes and damaged railway and roads, with losses valued at more than 7 trillion dong ($309 million), the government said on Friday.

The flood-stricken areas are in the north, outside Vietnam’s Central Highlands coffee belt and Mekong Delta food basket. </s> Floods brought by torrential rain since late November have killed at least 13 people in central Vietnam while more heavy rain is expected in coming days, the government and state media said on Sunday.



Six people have died in floods in Binh Dinh province since Thursday and another four were killed in Quang Ngai province, while more than 10,000 homes in the two provinces were submerged, the government said.Three children aged between four and 13 were swept away in flood waters in Quang Nam province on Saturday, the Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper cited a provincial report as saying.



A cold snap now moving southward is forecast to bring heavy rain to central provinces between now and next Thursday, the government report said.



Floods killed 65 people since October in central provinces, submerged 200,000 homes and damaged railway and roads, with losses valued at more than 7 trillion dong ($309 million), the government said on Friday.



The flood-stricken areas are in the north, outside Vietnam's Central Highlands coffee belt and Mekong Delta food basket.



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`; document.getElementById("linkPremium").innerHTML = cont; (function (v, i){ }); </s> Floods have wreaked havoc in August in both the Central Highlands of southern Vietnam as well as in northern Vietnam, where Typhoon Wipha made landfall on Aug. 2, killing 13 in the subsequent flooding, the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control reported.Six remain missing in the northern floods., including the road leading to the tourist city of Dalat.They have also destroyed 142 hectares of aquarium farming and 4,300 cages of river-raised fish.Damages are estimated at more than one billion Vietnamese dongs (46 million dollars), the most serious loss in recent years. Deadly floods are common in Vietnam.The Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention reported that 181 people died in natural disasters last year.Almost all were killed in storm-related incidents, such as floods and landslides. </s> Hanoi, Sep 5 (IANS) Flash floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in Vietnam’s northern and central regions since late last week have killed 15 people and left five missing, the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said on Wednesday.

As of Wednesday, floods and landslides claimed nine lives and left three people missing in central Thanh Hoa province. Meanwhile, floods killed two people in northern Lang Son province, and one person in each of the four northern provinces of Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, Son La and Lai Chau, and left one person missing in Lai Chau and Yen Bai each, Xinhua news agency reported.

The floods and landslides also destroyed 382 houses, damaged 5,209 hectares of rice and other crops, and killed 2,400 cattle and over 1,02,400 fowls, said the committee.

Natural disasters, mostly typhoons, floods and landslides, killed or left missing 153 people and injured 119 others, and caused property losses of over 7,000 billion Vietnamese dong (304.3 million U.S. dollars) in the first eight months of this year, according to Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. </s> HANOI (Reuters) - Floods in Vietnam’s central, central highland and southern provinces have left 15 people dead and six missing and displaced thousands, the Department of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said on Monday.

Flooding from very heavy rain brought by cold air and a tropical low pressure system last week have blocked roads, destroyed more than 200 houses and inundated more than 40,000 other houses in 12 provinces, the department said in a report.

A combined 12,000 hectare of crop land were flooded while more than 40,000 cattle and poultry were dead or washed away, the report said.

Last month, floods following torrential rain killed dozens of people in Vietnam’s central region of Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces and inundated more than 100,000 houses. </s> floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfall in Vietnam's northern and central regions over the past few days have killed 13 people and left three missing, the country's said on Monday.

As of Monday morning, floods claimed nine lives and left three people missing in central province. Meanwhile, floods and landslides killed one person each of the four northern provinces of Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, and Lang Son, reported.

The floods and landslides also destroyed 364 houses, damaged over 6,523 hectares of rice and other crops, killed 512 cattle and 56,367 fowls, and damaged 963 hectares of aquaculture ponds, 620 meters of dykes and 6,174 meters of canals, said the committee.

Natural disasters, mostly typhoons, floods and landslides, killed or left missing 153 people and injured 119 others, and caused property losses of over 7,000 billion Vietnamese dong (304.3 million U.S. dollars) in the first eight months of this year, according to Vietnam's and Rural Development.
At lest 24 people died after floods strucked across Vietnam. In the south, nearly 3,900 houses and more than 22,000 hectares of crops were submerged, mostly in Lam Dong Province. Floods have also damaged more than 30km of national roads, including the road leading to the tourist city of Dalat and also destroyed 142 hectares of aquarium farming and 4,300 cages of river-raised fish.