Southeast Asia Flood Deaths Near 40 as New Storm Approaches

Southeast Asia Flood Deaths Near 40 as New Storm Approaches
A flooded village is seen in Quang Tri province, Vietnam on Oct. 12, 2020. Ho Cau/VNA via Reuters
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HANOI/PHNOM PENH—Nearly 40 people have died in Vietnam and Cambodia and scores more were missing, including rescuers, due to prolonged heavy rain and flash flooding as tropical storm Nangka edged towards the Vietnamese coast on Tuesday.

Heavy rains since early October have caused deadly floods and landslides in several provinces in central Vietnam and displaced thousands of people in western Cambodia, officials and state media said.