HANOI: Vietnamese authorities on Wednesday raised the death toll from severe floods that swept central provinces to 42, with five people still missing.
Local authorities had described the floods - that hit the UNESCO-listed town of Hoi An and the former imperial City of Hue, along with other areas - as the worst for over a decade, saying they had caused tens of millions of dollars worth of damage.
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