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Days of heavy rain in Vietnam have caused floods and landslides, killing at least 90 people and leaving 12 others missing.
The Vietnamese government said 186,000 homes were damaged across the country and more than 3 million livestock were swept away. Officials estimated the damage to be in the hundreds of millions of pounds.
Mountainous areas in Dak Lak province have been severely affected, with more than 60 people dead since November 16, according to AFP.
The floods are the latest extreme weather event to hit Vietnam in recent months, following typhoons calmaghi and Good morning It hit the country within weeks.
About 258,000 people were without power Sunday morning and some major highways and train tracks were blocked, officials said.
Military and police resources have been mobilized to assist the worst-hit areas.
The government said the worst affected were concentrated in five provinces in southern and south-central Vietnam – Quang Ngai, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Khanh Hoa and Lam Dong.
“Our community is completely destroyed. Nothing is left. Everything is covered with mud,” Mach Van Si, a farmer in Dak Lak, told AFP.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chung, who is attending the G20 summit in South Africa, chaired a virtual emergency meeting on Sunday morning.
As of Friday, more than 1.5 million (5 feet) of rain had fallen in several areas, with some areas exceeding the 5.2 million not seen since 1993. Rainfall is expected to subside over the next few days.
Scientists say Vietnam is more vulnerable to extreme weather events due to human-driven climate change, which is making typhoons stronger and more frequent.
