At least four people were killed, and four others were missing after a flash flood swept through a mountainous village in Vietnam's northern province of Lai Chau, state media said on Saturday, Report informs via Reuters.
The flood in Muong Than village early on Friday, after days of heavy rains in several parts of northern Vietnam, also injured seven people, according to the Vietnam News Agency.
Vietnam is prone to deadly storms and floods during the rainy season that peaks from July through September. Natural disasters, mostly floods, killed 489 people in the country last year, according to government data.
Since Wednesday, landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rain have also damaged roads, power grids, and hundreds of houses, as well as inundating 238 hectares of crops in the region, according to the government's disaster management agency.
Several parts of northern Vietnam are forecast to receive heavy rain of up to 250 millimeters on Saturday, the agency said, warning of more flash floods and landslides.