Record floods submerged streets and inundated homes in Vietnam on Wednesday, leaving tens of thousands of people stranded, with at least eight killed this week. Floodwaters reached the tops of cars and rooftops in areas of Thai Nguyen city, approximately 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of the capital, Hanoi, leaving many residents stuck at home and others forced to flee. The environment ministry said eight people were killed in flash floods and landslides in Vietnam’s mountainous north since Monday, and five others were missing. “I have never witnessed such a terrible flood since I was born 60 years ago,” Nguyen Van Nguyen told AFP from his three-storey house in Thai Nguyen province. “There has never been flooding here in my street, but now my ground floor is all submerged.” The military said it had mobilised 30,000 personnel and thousands of boats to join rescue and relief efforts. It used three helicopters to drop more than four tonnes of water, instant noodles, dry cake, milk and lifejackets to people in flooded parts of Lang Son province.

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