This photo taken on Sept. 27, 2023 shows a house in flood water in Vietnam's central Nghe An province. Floods in Vietnam's northern and central regions from Sept. 26 to Sept. 28 killed nine people, left one person missing and injured 10 others, the country's National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said on Saturday. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)
HANOI, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Floods in Vietnam's northern and central regions from Sept. 26 to Sept. 28 killed nine people, left one person missing and injured 10 others, the country's National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said on Saturday.
The floods caused by heavy rain also damaged houses, roads, aquaculture ponds, and rice and other crops, as well as killed fowls and cattle.
Natural disasters, mainly floods and landslides, left 98 people dead or missing, and injured 103 others in Vietnam in the first nine months of this year, according to the country's General Statistics Office. ■
Chickens are caged in high places to avoid flood water in Vietnam's central Nghe An province, Sept. 27, 2023. Floods in Vietnam's northern and central regions from Sept. 26 to Sept. 28 killed nine people, left one person missing and injured 10 others, the country's National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said on Saturday. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)
People wade through flood water in Vietnam's central Nghe An province, Sept. 27, 2023. Floods in Vietnam's northern and central regions from Sept. 26 to Sept. 28 killed nine people, left one person missing and injured 10 others, the country's National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said on Saturday. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)
This photo taken on Sept. 27, 2023 shows a flooded road in Vietnam's central Nghe An province. Floods in Vietnam's northern and central regions from Sept. 26 to Sept. 28 killed nine people, left one person missing and injured 10 others, the country's National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said on Saturday. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)
This photo taken on Sept. 27, 2023 shows a road damaged by flood in Vietnam's central Nghe An province. Floods in Vietnam's northern and central regions from Sept. 26 to Sept. 28 killed nine people, left one person missing and injured 10 others, the country's National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said on Saturday. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)
People wade through flood water in Vietnam's central Nghe An province, Sept. 27, 2023. Floods in Vietnam's northern and central regions from Sept. 26 to Sept. 28 killed nine people, left one person missing and injured 10 others, the country's National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said on Saturday. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)
