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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - People wade through floodwaters near inundated vehicles in Nha Trang, Vietnam’s coastal province of Khanh Hoa on November 20, 2025. — AFP pic
NHA TRANG (Vietnam), Nov 20 — Rescuers plucked stranded people from the rooftops of submerged homes as widespread flooding inundated central Vietnam, where authorities said on Thursday at least 16 people were killed.
Relentless rain has lashed south-central Vietnam since late October and popular holiday destinations have been hit by several rounds of flooding.
Whole city blocks were inundated in coastal Nha Trang, a tourist locale known for its pristine beaches, and hundreds of cars were underwater on Thursday, AFP photos showed.
Business owner Bui Quoc Vinh, 45, said he was safe in his 24th-floor apartment in Nha Trang but his restaurants and shops on the ground floor were under about a metre of water. His employees were even worse off.
“I am worried about our furniture in my restaurants and shops, but of course I cannot do anything now,” he told AFP.
“My staff have to take care of their flooded homes,” which he said were under two metres (six feet) of water. “I don’t think the water is going to recede soon as the rain has not stopped.”
Rescuers using boats in central Gia Lai and Dak Lak provinces pried open windows and broke through roofs to assist residents stranded by high water on Wednesday, according to state media.
At least 16 people have been killed since the weekend, while the search was continuing for five others, the environment ministry said on Thursday.
More than 43,000 houses were submerged, while several major roads remained blocked due to landslides.
Cancelled tours
There were also deadly landslides in highland passes around the Da Lat tourist hub, with some areas recording up to 600 millimetres of rain since the weekend, the national weather bureau said.
Hotel owner Vu Huu Son, 56, said landslides had blocked all but one road to the city.
“I don’t think we have tourists now as they all left at the weekend before the rain and also cancelled their tours here,” he told AFP.
A 100-metre section of the Mimosa Pass roadway was blocked after a landslide late on Wednesday and two other routes were closed due to landslide risks, state outlet Tuoi Tre News said.
The government-run Hanoi railway corporation announced the suspension of several train lines linking the north and south due to the flooding, state media said.
Emergency hotlines recorded unusually heavy call volumes on Wednesday night as water levels across the region rose, state media said.
Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung told the leaders of three flood-affected provinces, Khanh Hoa, Dak Lak and Gia Lai, to mobilise army, police and other security forces to “promptly relocate and evacuate people” to safe areas, according to a government statement.
Rescuers brought food and water to flooded hospitals in the coastal city of Quy Nhon in Binh Dinh province, state-run Thanh Nien newspaper said, after doctors and patients at one facility survived on instant noodles and water for three days.
Water levels in the Ba River in Dak Lak province surpassed a 1993 record in two places early on Thursday, while the Cai River in Khanh Hoa province also surged to a new high, the weather bureau said.
The floods occurred as heavy rains added to already high water levels, Hoang Phuc Lam, deputy head of the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting, said on state television.
In Dak Lak, floodwaters swept 100 20-litre barrels of sulfuric acid from a sugar factory, the public security ministry said, warning the public to avoid the dangerous liquid.
Natural disasters have left 279 people dead or missing in Vietnam and caused more than US$2 billion (RM8.3 billion) in damage between January and October, according to the national statistics office.
The South-east Asian nation is prone to heavy rain between June and September, but scientific evidence has identified a pattern of human-driven climate change making extreme weather more frequent and destructive. — AFP
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