A report from Climate Ark, via Reuters: Floodwaters receded and some Vietnamese villagers returned to homes on Monday that had been submerged by five days of storms and flooding that killed up to 77 people.
A compilation of reports from authorities in 15 northern and central provinces showed 77 killed and 14 others missing since Typhoon Lekima hit on Wednesday night, triggering landslides and some of the worst floods since the mid-1980s. Officials reported finding more bodies as waters receded.
"People are telling us they have not seen flooding like this in a generation," said Joe Lowry of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies after visiting Thanh Hoa and Nghe An about 150 km (93 miles) south of Hanoi. "Preparations were made for the storm, but they didn't take the flood warnings seriously enough," Lowry said.
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