From The Associated Press
HANOI, Vietnam — A disaster official says flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed six people, including five in a family in northern Vietnam.
Cars and motorcylists ride on a following heavy rains on August 8, 2013 in downtown Hanoi. A typhoon that hit Vietnam’s northern coastal region overnight brought in heavy rains throughout northern parts of the country. (HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)
Vu Van Luat said Wednesday that a couple and three of their children were killed early Tuesday when their home where they were sleeping was washed away by flash floods in the northern province of Lai Chau. The couple’s other child and their nephew suffered minor injuries in the incident, he added.
Flash floods also killed a baby girl and seriously injured her parents when their house was buried by a landslide in a nearby village, Luat said.
Vietnam is prone to floods and storms which kill hundreds of people each year.
