Hanoi, Vietnam – Hanoi, Vietnam (AP) – Heavy storms in North Vietnam killed a person and another went missing, police said on Wednesday, as Wipha weakened in a depression from a tropical storm.
Police said a 59 -year -old man was killed in a province in a province when a tree fell at his house on Sunday before the storm. The NGHE an, which extends from the coast to the mountainous Laos border, was among the areas that were the most difficult from heavy rains and floods. Another woman was washed away by flood waters and remained missing. Four other people were injured.
Officials said the floods damaged hundreds of houses, destroyed crops and cut off communities.
Officials said about 400 families were extracted from landslide areas of the province, and many upland communities live separately without electricity or communication. Heavy rains triggled the landslides damaged to the roads, collapsed by part of a school building and destroyed crops and forests.
The storm made a landfall before weakening with continuous winds up to 102 kilometers per hour (63 mph) on Tuesday morning as it went intoland. This disrupted power outage, farming operations and forced the closure of temporary airports in northern provinces.
In the neighboring Thailand, from Tuesday night, heavy rains on Wednesday morning flooded many northern provinces, swelling rivers and houses to flood. Officials said more than 350 people were affected, although no casualties were done. He warned of possible flash floods and landslides.
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Zintmas Saxornchai contributed to this report in Bangkok.
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