Vietnam flood toll rises to 59

Hanoi, Aug 10: Emergency services in central Vietnam were Friday scrambling to bring relief to flood-hit areas where 59 people died and eight remained missing, as the country's north braced for more bad weather. "Thousands of people are facing hunger and need food aid" in the badly-hit provinces of Ha Tinh and Quang Binh, said state-run Vietnam television, adding that washed out and flooded roads hampered disaster relief efforts. Soldiers and Red Cross officials brought food and medical supplies to villagers stranded in the region, where almost 400 houses were completely destroyed and 55,000 inundated during the weeklong flood crisis Full Story