Residents ride 'canal boats' down a main street in Hoi An, a Unesco heritage town just south of Danang, site of the upcoming Apec summit. (Reuters photo)DANANG: The death toll from a typhoon and ensuing floods in Vietnam reached 61 on Monday and the government said some reservoirs were dangerously near capacity after persistent rain. The communist state's Search and Rescue Committee said 61 people had been killed and 28 were recorded as missing. Floods killed more than 80 people in northern Vietnam last month, while a typhoon wreaked havoc in central provinces in September. The country of more than 90 million people is prone to destructive storms and flooding, due to its long coastline.

Source: Bangkok Post November 06, 2017 19:41 UTC