Children make their through flood waters as they leave school in Cao
Lanh, capital of Vietnam's southern Dong Thap province in the Mekong
Delta, on September 22, 2001. Floods in the low-lying delta have
claimed at least 146 lives, most of them very young children, in the
past month and 200,000 have been unable to attend school.
REUTERS/Rathavary Duong

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Children negotiate flood waters as they leave school in Cao Lanh,
capital of Vietnam's southern Dong Thap province in the Mekong Delta,
on September 22, 2001. Floods in the low-lying delta have claimed at
least 146 lives, most of them very young children, in the past month
and 200,000 have been unable to attend school. REUTERS/Rathavary Duong

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A taxi bicycle makes its way through a flooded road in Cao Lanh town, capital of Dong Thap province, September 22, 2000. The worst floods in decades swelled in Vietnam's Mekong Delta on Thursday and the toll surged to at least 59, with another 30 deaths reported, but aid agencies hope the misery is nearing its end.

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A Vietnamese mother washes her daughter as other children play on a flooded road in Cao Lanh town, capital of Dong Thap province September 22, 2000. The worst floods in decades swelled in Vietnam's Mekong Delta on Thursday and the toll surged to at least 59, with another 30 deaths reported, but aid agencies hope the misery is nearing its end.

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With high waters lapping at her feet, a Vietnamese woman mends clothes on a sewing machine in front of her flooded house in the Mekong Delta town of Cao Lanh, capital of Dong Thap province, September 21, 2000. The worst floods in Vietnam's Mekong Delta for decades swelled on Thursday and the death toll surged to at least 59, but aid agencies hope an end to the misery is in sight.

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A Vietnamese girl rows a makeshift boat through a flooded market in the Mekong Delta town of Cao Lanh, capital of Dong Thap province September 21, 2000. The worst floods in Vietnam's Mekong Delta for decades swelled on Thursday and the death toll surged to at least 59, but aid agencies said they hope an end to the misery is in sight.

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