Southeast Asia Sees Devastating Floods After Monsoon

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Parts of Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia are deluged by floodwater after a monsoon system brought historic rainfall. At least 91 people in Vietnam and 13 in Thailand have died in the flooding.

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00:00Yellow, muddy floodwater has turned city streets into waterways in central Vietnam.

00:0591 people are confirmed dead, and at least 11 are still missing in the aftermath of this rare and devastating monsoon.

00:14Vietnam's disaster agency says over 200,000 homes have been engulfed in floodwater, with thousands of hectares of crops wasted.

00:23The economic damage is estimated at over $340 million.

00:27That includes popular coffee plantations and tourism sites.

00:32Some affected residents said this is the worst flood they've ever seen, and has taken almost all their possessions.

00:40The damage is totaled 100%. Everything inside the house has been destroyed. There's nothing left.

00:48The fridge and the furniture are still lying outside. Basically, I have nothing now.

00:53If I want to eat, I have to ask for a packet of noodles, because I don't even have anything to cook with.

01:00Markivanders are busy clearing out the mud and mud-cover school bags and suitcases.

01:05They said it could take them over a month to finish cleaning, and no one saw this level of destruction coming.

01:12All these years, the highest water level back in 1993 only reached our ankles.

01:19At that time, it rose to about 5 centimeters. But now the water has come in over one meter high.

01:24All the vendors are devastated, not just me.

01:27The damage has also reached other parts of South Asia.

01:37In neighboring Thailand, authorities recorded the heaviest rainfall in over three centuries.

01:42The flood has killed at least 13 people across nine provinces,

01:46and has affected 2 million residents in the southern city of Hatia alone.

01:51The Thai government has declared an emergency as it pours in rescue and relief efforts.

01:57Meanwhile, in Malaysia, rescuers carry children through rapid floodwaters.

02:02Over 18,000 people in the peninsula south of Thailand have had to flee their homes.

02:10Southeast Asian countries battle with storms all year round.

02:14They rarely see flooding this severe.

02:17While some residents begin to clean up,

02:19weather forecasts are warning those in southern Thailand and northern Malaysia

02:23of continuous rain and flash floods.

02:26Ryan Wu and Irene Lin for Taiwan Plus.

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