Flooding, heavy rain kill three in Vietnam

Locked in: An aerial photo showing flooded houses in Huong Khe district in central Vietnam’s Ha Tinh province. — AFP

Three people died after days of heavy rain in central and north Vietnam that flooded homes and submerged roads, disaster management authorities said.

Access to several communities in central Ha Tinh province has been cut off, while the police and military have been mobilised to rescue people from high-risk areas.