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Viet Nam:Flood:2009/11/02

Duration	2009/11/02	Wide-scale floods in central Vietnam have killed at least 13 people after tropical storm Mirinae wreaked havoc in the region.
Country or District	Viet Nam
Name	Flood

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
Government of Vietnam 2009/11/08
Dead: 122 Missing: 2 Injured: 145	Collapsed houses: 2,198 Damaged houses: 41,375 Damaged classrooms: 842
Government of Vietnam 2009/11/05
Dead: 98 Missing: 20 Injured: 66	Collapsed houses: 1,133 Damaged houses: 15,283 Damaged classrooms: 489

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Report/Articles Government of Vietnam 2009/11/08 Situation overview (updated 8 November 2009) Government of Vietnam 2009/11/05 Situation overview (updated 5 November 2009) Reuters AlertNet 2009/11/05 Flash floods and heavy rains from a tropical storm killed 98 after ploughing into central Vietnam this week and at least 20 people are missing, the government said on 5 November 2009. BBC NEWS 2009/11/04 Tropical storm Mirinae killed at least 40 people in a number of provinces, with at least 10 others missing, government officials said. BBC NEWS 2009/11/03 Around 2,600 houses and 4,400 acres (1,800 hectares) of farmland have been destroyed.

Geographycal Data Information IFRC 2009/11/06 Typhoon Mirinae (as of 6 November 2009)

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