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At least 13 people were killed and dozens injured in two serious road accidents that occurred on May 23 in Cambodia’s Kampong Chhnang and Svay Rieng provinces, according to the country’s Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training.

Central and south central provinces are facing one of their worst disasters in years, with 102 people dead or missing, massive crop and livestock losses, and entire communities still cut off as local authorities plead for urgent aid.

According to preliminary reports, Typhoon Kalmaegi left two people dead, and injured two others in Dak Lak province. Twelve houses were destroyed, 326 houses had their roofs blown off, and 147 were flooded.

Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on April 9 cabled a message of condolences to Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi over a shipwreck off the northern coast of Mozambique that left more than 100 people dead and missing.

Fourteen people died after a boat carrying 240 people caught fire in eastern Indonesia on October 24, according to the country’s National Search and Rescue Agency.

Floods triggered by torrential rains in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have claimed six lives and left three people missing and seven injured, the provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search, and Rescue reported on October 13.

The swine flu virus A/H1N1 has left a female dead in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long after a male patient died at a medical centre in Tran Van Thoi district of Ca Mau province earlier this month.

The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control has sent a report to the Prime Minister about the flood situation in northern mountainous provinces and recovery efforts.

The number of casualties in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau caused by flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains on June 23 and 24 continued to rise, local officials said.

Ongoing rains and floods have left another seven dead or injured in the northern provinces of Dien Bien, Lai Chau and Son La.