By Nguyen Quy October 13, 2020 | 01:37 pm GMT+7 VNExpress
People row boats on a flooded street in Hue in central Vietnam, October 11, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy.
The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by prolonged heavy rains in central Vietnam has climbed to 29 as of Tuesday morning.
Twenty three had succumbed to floodwaters, three had lost their lives in boating accidents, with the remaining three were killed by electric shock while cleaning out their homes, according to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.
Twelve other people are still missing while the floods have inundated over 130,000 houses and 4,000 hectares of crops, damaging several roads and bridges, the committee said.
