Nov. 23 (UPI) -- More than 100 people are feared dead in Vietnam in landslides and torrential flooding in recent days, according to the Vietnamese Department of Dyke Management and Disaster Prevention and Control.
The Vietnamese agency said in a statement that at least 102 people were reported dead or missing as of Monday, including 91 confirmed deaths across the central and Central Highlands provinces of Vietnam. Eleven people remain missing, including two in Đà Nẵng, eight in Đắk Lắk and one in Khánh Hòa.
At least 221 houses collapsed and 933 more were damaged, the majority in Lâm Đồng. In total, an estimated 201,000 homes were affected by flooding, officials said, the majority of which were in Đắk Lắk.
Officials said that the flooding also damaged about 317 square miles of rice farms, while about 452 square miles of perennial crops were also damaged. Additionally, about 3.3 million farm animals were also killed or swept away.
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