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Viet Nam:Flood:2002/10/09
Duration 2002/10/09 Floods have killed 116 people, including 104 children, in Vietnam's Mekong Delta provinces.Floods also caused damages estimated at more than 115.4 billionVietnamese dong (VND) (US$7.69 million), Country or District Viet Nam Name Flood
Headline(Source, Date) Personal Injury Material Damage Others ABC news online 2002/10/13 Dead: 132 people
(in the provinces of An Giang and Dong Thap)
40,000 houses were submerged and traffic disrupted. English Eastday.com 2002/10/09 Dead: 116 people
(including 104 children)Floods caused damages estimated at more than 115.4 billionVietnamese dong (VND) (US$7.69 million).
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- The Age, Australia 2002/11/14
Severe flooding in Vietnam's southern Mekong Delta region has claimed 170 lives, including those of 151 children, over the past three months, disaster relief officials said- Reuters Alert Net 2002/10/24
World Vision Vietnam responds to Mekong flood disaster
- ABC news online 2002/10/13
Vietnam flooding kills 132- English Eastday.com 2002/10/09
Flood death tolls rise to 116 in Vietnam's Mekong deltaGeographycal Data Information
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