Vietnam floods and landslides displace 90,000 people as new cyclone nears
by Ashley Lampard in Hanoi from on (#598FR)
More than 100 so far reported dead or missing after two storms destroy homes and leave trail of destruction
Floods and landslides in Vietnam are reported to have left at least 102 people dead or missing, while tens of thousands of people have lost their homes to rising water.
Two storms that hit central Vietnam in the first two weeks of October, Storm Linfa and Storm Nangka, brought six times higher than average rainfall, flooding 136,000 houses and forcing 90,000 people to evacuate their homes. A third cyclone is expected to hit the coast in the coming days.
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