Heavy rains and floods have killed at least 41 people in central Vietnam since the weekend, and nine people are still missing, the BBC reports. Tens of thousands of residents have been forced to flee their homes, News.bg reports.
More than 52,000 residential buildings have been destroyed, and half a million households and businesses have been left without electricity. According to authorities, the rainfall is more intense than even those in 1993.
The coastal cities of Hoi An and Nha Trang, as well as an important coffee-producing region in the central highlands, have been hit the hardest.
In recent months, the country has been hit by extreme weather events. Two typhoons - Kalmaegi and Bualoi - have already caused deaths and significant destruction within a short space of each other.
According to government estimates, natural disasters in Vietnam have caused $2 billion in damage between January and October this year.
Local media published pictures of people stranded on the roofs of their homes as rising waters invaded residential areas. An online video showed a suspension bridge in Lam Dong province breaking under the force of the storm.
The province has declared a state of emergency after landslides destroyed key roads and highways. Traffic in the area was completely suspended after part of the Mimosa Pass - a main road to the popular tourist city of Da Lat - collapsed. A bus almost fell into the abyss, AFP reports.