At least seven folks have been killed and lots of extra displaced after flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain swept by means of northern Vietnam, catastrophe officers and state media stated Thursday.
Five folks died in Son La and two others have been killed in Dien Bien following the downpours.
Rescue employees are additionally trying to find 10 others reported lacking within the mountainous provinces, officers added.
According to Tuoi Tre newspaper, flash floods early Thursday swept away 10 homes and broken eight properties in Muong Pon commune of Dien Bien province.
It has rained closely in northern Vietnam since Tuesday and lots of areas together with the outskirts of the capital Hanoi are crammed with muddy floodwater.
Between June and November, Vietnam is usually struck by downpours, triggering flooding and landslides.
But scientists have warned that excessive climate occasions globally have gotten extra intense and frequent attributable to local weather change.
In mid-July, a landslide triggered by heavy rains killed 11 folks touring in a van in northern Ha Giang province.
Last yr, pure disasters left 169 folks lifeless or lacking within the Southeast Asian nation.
Source: www.dailysabah.com