Hanoi: The number of people killed by
floods in central Vietnam rose to 107, as officials said today
the new estimate of damage caused by Mirinae was at least USD
120 million.
A further 11 people were still listed as missing after
the Tropical Depression struck on Monday, bringing the most
devastating floods in decades to some areas, the national
flood and storm control committee said in a report.
Most of the dead were from the country's easternmost
province of Phu Yen, where 72 fatalities were recorded.
River levels were receding today, Duong Van Huong,
head of the provincial storm and flood committee, told.
However, rescue activities were still being conducted by boat
in certain hard-hit areas, the committee said.
"Some 200,000 students in Phu Yen are still unable to
go to school", Huong said.
Yesterday, Communist Party Secretary General Nong Duc
Manh visited neighbouring Binh Dinh province, also badly
affected, making sure local authorities provide residents with
food, drinking water and medicine.
Some 6,300 soldiers have been mobilised for the rescue
effort, according to the national committee.
Mirinae also killed two people in Vietnam's neighbour
Cambodia and left 27 people dead in the Philippines, where
thousands are still living in evacuation centres after a
series of deadly storms this typhoon season.
Bureau Report
First Published: Friday, November 06, 2009, 16:42