The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Ketsana, one of the worst disasters to hit the country in recent years, rose to at least 107 on Saturday, officials said.
That figure came from an official at the national flood and storm control committee in Hanoi, who listed 28 missing and 252 injured. He declined to be named.
The Danang office of the flood and storm committee, closer to the heart of the area where the typhoon made landfall last Tuesday, said there were 122 dead and 12 missing.
The heaviest tolls came in the central Vietnam fishing province of Quang Ngai, south of Danang, and in Kon Tum, a mountainous province with a large population of poor ethnic minority tribes. Both areas recorded 33 deaths, the Danang official said, also declining to be named.
Initial estimates of the damage in Vietnam shot up to 587 million dollars, according to government figures released on Friday for 10 out of 14 provinces affected by the typhoon.
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