Nov. 21 (UPI) -- At least 41 people have been killed in Vietnam since last weekend after heavy rains and flooding left large areas of central regions of the country underwater. Nine people remain unaccounted for.
More than 52,000 homes were inundated, 500,000 households were without power and tens of thousands were evacuated after 5 feet of rain fell in three days.
In some areas, the flood level was more than 17 feet, the highest recorded in more than three decades.
The worst affected areas were the coastal cities of Hoi An and Nha Trang and the central highlands -- a key center of the country's coffee growing industry -- including Dak Lak where a state of emergency was declared after landslides damaged roads and highways.
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