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Scores killed in Vietnam floods as APEC summit begins

More than 2,000 homes have collapsed and more than 80,000 are damaged following Typhoon Damrey.

A woman wades through a submerged street in the UNESCO heritage town of Hoi An. The death toll from a typhoon and ensuing floods in Vietnam reached 61 on Monday and the government said some reservoirs — A woman wades through a submerged street in the UNESCO heritage town of Hoi An. The death toll from a typhoon and ensuing floods in Vietnam reached 61 on Monday, and the government said some reservoirs were dangerously near capacity after persistent rain. [Kham/Reuters]

Typhoon Damrey tore across central Vietnam over the weekend, just days before the APEC summit of Asia-Pacific leaders was expected to begin, among them US President Donald Trump, China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.

The Vietnam National Search and Rescue Committee said at least 61 people were killed and 28 were missing.

It said some of the victims were in vessels that capsized at sea. Others were killed in landslides. It did not give a full breakdown.

More than 2,000 homes had collapsed, and more than 80,000 were damaged, it said. Roads that had been flooded or washed away caused traffic jams across several provinces.

Floods killed more than 80 people in northern Vietnam last month, while a typhoon wreaked havoc in the central provinces in September. The country of more than 90 million people is prone to destructive storms and flooding, due to its long coastline.

People ride a boat along submerged houses in Hoi An. REUTERS/Kham — People ride a boat along submerged houses in Hoi An. [Kham/Reuters]

A woman pushes a motorbike along a flooded street in Hoi An. REUTERS/Kham — A woman pushes a motorbike along a flooded street in Hoi An. [Kham/Reuters]

Residents sit on their flooded fashion shop in Hue. REUTERS/Kham — Residents sit in their flooded fashion shop in Hue. [Kham/Reuters]

Officials sail a boat out of a submerged local government building in Hue. REUTERS/Kham — Officials sail a boat out of a submerged local government building in Hue. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired an emergency meeting on the disaster. [Kham/Reuters]

Dogs stand on a flooded drink shop in Hue city. REUTERS/Kham — Dogs try to stay dry in a flooded shop in Hue city. Authorities said that more than 7,000 farm animals had been killed. [Kham/Reuters]

People stand on the roof of their house in Hoi An. Leaders are due to meet on November 10, and organisers said the schedule had not been disrupted because of the weather. [Kham/Reuters]

People ride a motorcycle along a flooded road in Hue. REUTERS/Kham — People ride a motorcycle along a flooded road in Hue. [Kham/Reuters]

Motorbikes are seen along a flooded street in Hoi An. REUTERS/Kham — Motorbikes are seen along a flooded street in Hoi An. In Danang, authorities called on soldiers and local people to clean up so that the beach resort would be ready for delegates to the meetings of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries, which started on Monday. [Kham/Reuters]