The number of people who died in floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Vietnam rose to 130.
According to the news of the Xinhua agency, the Vietnamese Disaster Prevention and Control Central Management Committee said. It stated that the loss of lives increased in floods and landslides caused by heavy rains that have affected the central parts of the country since the beginning of the month.
It reported that the number of deaths increased to 130, most of them in Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Nam states, while 18 people not heard.
It emphasized that the search and rescue of the losses and the recovery and evacuation works after the disaster continue.
In the statement, with about 1500 hectares of paddy fields. It also recorded that about 8 thousand hectares of agricultural land submerged or damaged.
It reported that approximately 935 thousand cattle and poultry perished or drifted in flood waters.
It stated that heavy rainfall disrupted traffic on many roads.