Tropical storm Mirinae, which hit the Philippines as a deadly typhoon on the weekend, killed at least 40 people and left 11 missing in Vietnam, a national disaster official said on Tuesday.
”Most of the victims were because of serious floods that hit the provinces of Phu Yen, Binh Dinh and Gia Lai in particular,” the official said after the storm hit the communist country’s central coastal areas on Monday.
The national flood and storm control committee earlier said the storm had killed only four people and left two missing in Vietnam.
Mirinae left 19 people dead in the Philippines.
State television in Vietnam showed people stuck on their roofs, waving for help from local rescue workers in Phu Yen, and rescuers trying to bring children and old people to higher areas. — Sapa-AFP