Floods and landslides have killed at least 37 people in Vietnam, one of the highest death tolls recorded in the country from flooding, the disaster prevention agency said on Thursday.<br /><br />Scores more were reported missing or injured.<br /><br />The bad weather caused by a tropical depression is wreaking havoc mostly in the north and centre of the country. It comes on the heels of a typhoon that ripped through central Vietnam just last month.<br /><br />Now the rising waters are swallowing roads and turning into torrents right outside people’s doorsteps.<br /><br />The disaster prevention agency says more than 17,000 homes have been evacuated and as many have been damaged.<br /><br />Around 40,000 animals were killed or washed away.<br /><br />Hoa Binh province in the northwest declared a state of emergency and opened eight gates to discharge water at Hoa Binh dam, Vietnam’s largest hydroelectric dam, the first time it has done so in years, VTV reported.<br /><br />Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited northern Ninh Binh province where water levels in the Hoang Long river are their highest since 1985.<br />
