Disaster officials say floods triggered by heavy rains killed 16 people in central Vietnam this week, including five children, according to AP. The storms swept across the central provinces of Quang Ngai, Ha Tinh and Nghe An from Monday to Friday, inundating homes. Nguyen Duc Duong, a provincial disaster official in Nghe An, says four students aged 8 to 12 were among the dead. They were swept away while walking home from school. Bui Duc Thai, an official in Quang Ngai, says three people were killed there, including a 2-year-old boy. Officials said Friday that the rains in central provinces had begun to ease. In Hanoi in the north, heavy rains flooded streets Friday but no deaths were reported.
