Death toll from Vietnam storm tops 60 and dams near bursting

By Mai Nguyen DANANG, Vietnam (Reuters) - The death toll from a typhoon and ensuing floods in Vietnam reached 61 on Monday and the government said some reservoirs were dangerously near capacity after persistent rain. Typhoon Damrey tore across central Vietnam at the weekend just days before the region is due to host the APEC summit of Asia-Pacific leaders, among them U.S. President Donald Trump, China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin. The Communist state’s Search and Rescue Committee said 61 people had been killed and 28 were recorded as missing.

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