The death toll from massive floods in Vietnam has risen to 90, with 12 people still missing, the environment ministry said on Sunday, after days of heavy rains and landslides.
Incessant rains have lashed south-central Vietnam since late October, and popular tourist destinations have been hit by several waves of flooding.
Entire parts of the coastal city of Nha Trang were flooded last week, while deadly landslides hit mountain passes around the tourist hub of Da Lat.
In the hard-hit mountainous province of Dak Lak, 61-year-old farmer Mach Van Si said floodwaters left him and his wife stranded on the metal roof of their house for two nights.
– Our settlement was completely destroyed. There is nothing left. Everything was covered with mud – he told AFP on Sunday.
By the time they climbed the ladder to the roof, Si said he was no longer afraid.
– I just thought we were going to die because there was no way out – he said.
The Environment Ministry said that since November 16, more than 60 deaths have been reported in Dak Lak, where tens of thousands of homes have been flooded.
Four townships in Dak Lak were still flooded on Sunday, the ministry said.
More than 80,000 hectares of rice and other crops in Dak Lak and four other provinces have been damaged in the past week, and over 3.2 million livestock or poultry have died or been swept away by floodwaters.
(Vijesti.ba / FENA)
