Consecutive storms with heavy rains causing serious floods and landslides have hit the central region. As of October 24 evening, the natural disaster killed 119 lives, and left 21 others missing, destroyed thousands of houses and caused a big loss of property of local residents.
Natural disasters had caused damages of up to VND20 trillion ($859.7 million) in 2018, said Mr. Nguyen Hiep who is deputy head of the Disaster Response and Consequence Management Bureau.
Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in the past days had left six dead, five missing and two injured in the northern mountainous region by 17:00 on August 5.
The National Hydrology Meteorology Forecast Center reported that a tropical low- pressure system yesterday developed into the second typhoon of this year hitting the East Sea.
