Water floods a street of Ai Nghia town in Quang Nam Province. More than 1,600 local people in flood-affected areas were taken to safe shelters as of Sunday evening (Oct 11). - Vietnam News/Asian News Network
HANOI, Oct 12 (AP): Torrential rains have flooded central Vietnam and killed at least 17 people since last week, as the South-East Asian region braces for more heavy rainfall, state media reported Monday.
According to weather forecasters, water levels will keep rising, swelling rivers and submerging more communities in the region, the state-owned Tuoi Tre newspaper reported.
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