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De: Bill Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Para: Undisclosed-Recipient:@mandy.eunet.fi;
<Undisclosed-Recipient:@mandy.eunet.fi;>
Data: Domingo, 22 de Outubro de 2000 00:24
Assunto: Mekong delta's death toll reaches 391
>Mekong delta's death toll reaches 391
>
>The death toll in the Mekong delta has reached 391 as of October 20, 17
more than the
>previous day, according to the latest information from the Central Steering
Committee
>on Flood and Storm Control.
>
>About 826,000 houses have been submerged in water; some 240,000 families
are in urgent
>need of relief aid and more than 2,600 schools were submerged and seriously
damaged.
>Total damage was estimated at VND 3,528 billion.
>
>Flood victims in the Mekong delta have received a total of more than VND
149 billion
>as relief aid from the government, social organisations and people
nationwide.
>
>In Dac Lac province, 13 out of 18 districts and city were flooded due to
heavy rains,
>causing great losses in lives and property. Fourteen people were killed,
six others
>injured and 200,000 people had to evacuate from the flooded areas; 615
houses were
>collapsed or swept away; 5,863 others waterlogged; more than 4,000 hectares
of rice,
>coffee and other vegetables and crops inundated for a long period of time;
about 1,208
>tonnes of rice was swept away. Total losses were estimated at VND 90
billion.
>
>
>
