The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in north and central Vietnam has raised to 54 in one of the deadliest climate calamities to hit the nation in years, officials said on Friday.
Rescuers were desperately looking for 39 individuals as yet missing after substantial downpours beat a few provinces this week, with forecasters cautioning of another major storm heading toward the country.
Villages, streets and homes over a few regions stayed submerged Friday, as specialists attempted to clear streets and reach isolated residents in the mountainous north, which was hit by destructive landslides.
Whole families were killed in a few ranges as streams tore a damaging way through towns and towns.
A huge number of police and troopers were conveyed to help search efforts, reinforce dikes and hand out food as death toll jumped from 37 people on Thursday.
Lately surges submerged or pulverized 33,000 houses, wiped out swathes of farmland, and left a few barriers gravely harmed, Vietnam's Disaster Management Authority said.
Northern Hoa Binh region, where a state of emergency was pronounced for this present week, was the hardest hit with 17 dead and 15 missing, trailed by central Thanh Hoa province where 14 were killed, according to the disaster agency.
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