By Tat Dinh October 19, 2020 | 09:43 pm GMT+7 vnexpress
A flooded street in Ha Tinh Town, Ha Tinh Province on October 19, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Le Hoang.
The number of deaths caused by flooding and landslides in central Vietnam rose to 102 Monday night, with 26 still missing.
The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control says the three provinces with the highest loss of lives are Quang Tri with 48 people, Thua Thien-Hue with 27 and Quang Nam with 11.
As of 4 p.m. Monday, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri provinces had 166,780 households submerged in floodwaters, and 28,900 households with 90,900 residents had been evacuated.
