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Viet Nam : Flood : 2003/10/18
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Duration 2003/10/18
Country
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District		 Viet Nam
Name Flood
Outline Floods and torrential rains have killed at least 38 people and marooned thousands of families in central Vietnam, officials said on Saturday.

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Personal Injury Material Damage Others

Related Links
Report/Articles
  • OCHA Situation Report No.2 2003/10/22
    As of today, the death toll has increased to 46 with 29 injured.
  • Reuters Alertnet 2003/10/20
    Floods in central Vietnam have killed 38 people, submerged thousands of homes, washed away roads and damaged scores of ancient houses in a 16th century trading town.
  • Reuters Alertnet 2003/10/18
    The severe weather also destroyed about 8,000 hectares (20,000 acres) of crops in the two hardest hit provinces of Binh Dinh and Quang Ngai in central Vietnam.