State media on 20th November reported that the number of people who have died in a new wave of heavy downpour, flooding, and landslides in central Vietnam that followed the weekend has been 41.

The rainfall has also been more than 1,500 mm in various regions of central Vietnam, which is very prone to storms and floods, within the past three days.

The weather forecast agency in the country predicted that they will see more flooding and landslides on Friday as heavy rain will persist in the area.

On Thursday morning, the suspension bridge over the Da Nhim River in Lam Dong province was washed away, as reported by VietnamNet newspaper.

The government estimated that there were over half a million households and business premises that were blackout-prone as a result of power grids being destroyed by the floods.

In most regions, floodwaters have already been reported to be at record highs.

A report by the disaster management agency of the government has reported that there are at least nine missing people, and more than 52,000 houses and over 15,000 hectares of crops have been inundated by floods, which have been reported by the online newspaper VnExpress.

The pictures of the stories published in the state media depicted individuals sitting on the roofs of the inundated homes and requesting assistance through social media.

“Anybody out there come to my assistance! Since 10 p.m. last night, we have been sitting on the roof, including kids and adults,” reported one of the residents of Khanh Hoa province on a local Facebook page.

With the post was a picture of a crowd of people seated on the metal roof of the flooded house, with the rain beating them.

The photographs also depicted some residential regions in Khanh Hoa, Gia Lai, and Dak Lak provinces being flooded with deep water.

The Vietnam News Agency announced that naval troops were sent to assist stranded citizens in Khanh Hoa.

On Wednesday, late in the day, the Nhan Dan newspaper reported the rescue of a seven-year-old girl who was buried by a landslide in Da Lat.

A landslide caused by heavy rain felled and covered part of the house in which the girl was living.

The accompanying photo of the report depicted a hand that was sticking out of a pile of soil, rock, and broken concrete when the rescuers came in, and it was the hand of the girl.

An hour and a half later, she was dragged out with a broken leg and brought to the hospital.

She was subsequently said to be in good condition.