HANOI: Flash flooding in central Vietnam killed five people, damaged hundreds of homes and destroyed crops, disaster authorities said on Thursday (Oct 31), after Tropical Storm Trami dumped heavy rai
Flash flooding in central Vietnam killed five people, damaged hundreds of homes and destroyed crops, disaster authorities said on Thursday , afterTrami hit central Vietnam on Sunday after tearing through the Philippines, where it killed more than 100 people.Five people died in Quang Binh province and five others were injured, the ministry of agriculture said in an online report on Thursday, as muddy floodwaters flowed through several remote communities.
Photos on state media showed floodwaters almost reaching the roofs of some one-storey homes in remote areas of Quang Binh, while in other communities residents worked to clean filthy buildings.Vietnam is prone to tropical storms, which often cause deadly flash floods and landslides, hitting the country between June and November every year.
But experts say human-driven climate change is causing more intense weather patterns that can make destructive floods more likely., which claimed 345 lives and caused an estimated economic loss of US$3.3 billion.
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