Floods have killed at least 48 people in central Vietnam in the past week, a disaster management center spokesman said on Monday.

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Hundreds of thousands of homes have been flooded in nine central provinces, and food and medicines have been delivered to the area in boats and helicopters.

Weather forecasters said a new typhoon, Peipah, was making its way across the South China Sea at a speed of over 100 km (62 miles) an hour and would bring more rains to the region in the next few days.