At least 12 people have died and five others remain missing in the southern Vietnamese beach resort city of Nha Trang after a tropical storm lashed the coast, authorities said Monday.
Among the dead were two people, including a seven-year-old boy, who were killed when the wall of a noodle restaurant collapsed early Sunday, the Central Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said in a report published Monday, adding that 11 others were injured.
The Toraji storm system, which was downgraded to a tropical depression on Sunday morning, arrived in Vietnam around 6 pm (1100 GMT) Saturday, packing winds at 60 to 75 kilometres per hour and gusts of wind moving up to 100 kilometres per hour.
It has brought heavy rains throughout the southern region, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.
Some areas received rainfall of up to 407 millimetres in the past three days, causing heavy floods.
Floodwaters reached up to 2.35 metres in Nha Trang, catching many commuters off-guard.
Authorities are braced for more flash floods, as well as landslides, as rains continue.
