Torrential rains have triggered severe flooding in central Vietnam, killing at least nine people and leaving five missing, according to authorities.

The government said in a statement on Wednesday that six of the fatalities were in the coastal city of Da Nang and in the ancient city of Hoi An.

The floods have also injured 11 people, Vietnam’s civil defence agency said in a report.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said the rain caused more than 150 landslides, inundated 2,200 hectares (5,400 acres) of crops and flooded 103,525 houses.

In a separate report, the government’s disaster agency said most of the inundated houses were in the tourist sites of Hue and Hoi An , which were still being lashed with rain on Wednesday.

In Hue, a UNESCO-listed former imperial capital

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