At least 29 fatalities have been confirmed in central Vietnam as of Tuesday morning, October 13, 2020, after prolonged heavy rains triggered destructive floods and landslides. 12 others remain missing, more than 130 000 houses have been inundated, and wide swaths of crops have been damaged or destroyed.
More rains are expected in northern and north-central Vietnam after Tropical Storm “Nangka” makes landfall on Wednesday, October 14.