Cars are submerged in flood waters after heavy rains caused by Typhoon Matmo in Thai Nguyen city on Wednesday. Record floods submerged streets in several communities in Vietnam, with at least eight people killed this week, the government said. Tens of thousands of people are stranded.
Floodwaters reached the tops of cars and rooftops in areas of Thai Nguyen city, about 80 km north of the capital Hanoi, with many left stuck at home and others forced to flee.
"I have never witnessed such a terrible flood since I was born 60 years ago," Nguyen Van Nguyen said from his three-storey house in Thai Nguyen province.
"There has never been flooding here in my street but now my ground floor is all submerged."
The military said it had mobilised 30,000 personnel and thousands of boats to join rescue and relief efforts. — AFP
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