Flooding triggered by a tropical storm has killed at least 20 people and left over a dozen missing in northern Vietnam, local media reports said.
Ten people drowned in floods caused by heavy rain in Yen Bai province after Tropical Storm Son Tinh hit the country’s northern region last week.
In Thanh Hoa province, a flash flood swept through a small village in Lang Chanh district and carried away a dozen stilt houses on Thursday.
“The floods came so quick and gave us so little time to escape,” said local resident Luong Van Hung. “Some managed to run to high ground, but others got swept away in the floods.”
The floods took away a family of four as they were sleeping, said Nguyen Xuan Hong, chairman of Lang Chanh district. Two people were found dead in the debris left by the flooding while the body of the family’s 5-year-old daughter was recovered on Monday morning in a stream 3 kilometers from their home.
