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Vietnam storm death toll hits 70 |
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The death toll from a tropical storm that caused widespread
flooding in central Vietnam hit 70 after five more bodies were
recovered, while six people were still missing and feared dead,
officials said Monday.
The storm severely battered the country's poorest region over
the past week.
Ha Tinh was the worst-hit province with 29 deaths, including 14
children, after two more bodies were recovered Sunday, provincial
disaster official Tran Duc Thinh said.
Elsewhere in central Vietnam, 41 people were killed by floods or
landslides and six others were reported missing and feared dead,
officials said.
The tropical storm was the worst to hit Vietnam this year.
Last year, natural disasters in Vietnam killed at least 500
people, injured nearly 3,000, and caused nearly $1.17 billion in
damage.
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