Hunt for missing rescue team in flood-hit Vietnam, more rain forecast (Update)

This picture taken and released by the Vietnam News Agency on Oct 14, 2020 shows Vietnamese search and rescue personnel crossing the Huong Dien hydroelectric project lake in the Huong Binh commune in Huong Khe district. - VNA/AFP

HANOI (AFP): A search operation has been launched for a missing rescue team as severe flooding and landslides battered central Vietnam, authorities said on Wednesday (Oct 14), as the country braced for further heavy rain.

Close to a million people have been impacted by heavy downpours and rising waters since mid last week, with more than 200,000 homes flooded, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).