Vietnam Floods Kill Many
About 41 people were killed and 42 are missing as floods and landslides swept away houses and destroyed roads across parts of Vietnam, officials said Monday, November 29, 2004. The floods, sparked by torrential rains from Typhoon Muifa have submerged 170,000 wooden houses in five provinces and destroyed roads, cutting food relief to many areas. Thousands of people have fled their homes and an official said 270,000 people in just one of the affected provinces needed urgent help.