At Least 19 Killed, 8 others missing in Floods in central Vietnam

At least 19 people were killed ,eight others left missing and about 80,000 were forced out from their homes due to the floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains hit central Vietnam ,disaster official Nguyen Hoai Phuong said. The floods forced 64,500 people from their homes in Quang Ngai province, with three dead and three missing, provincial officials said. The military and police are rushing aid and food to villagers cut off by the floodwaters, they said. Another 16,600 people were evacuated from their homes in the neighboring province of Quang Nam, where one person died and another was missing, the official added. 'The flooding was widespread in the province, where some 60 % to 80% of the areas of Hoi An city and two other districts were submerged,' Phuong said, adding that the floodwaters were slowly receding. In the worst-hit province of Binh Dinh, floods killed 12 people and left two missing, officials said. State media reported that three people were killed and two others missing in three other central provinces.