Storm death toll reaches 116
Vietnamese officials say landslides have killed two people and left 11 others missing and feared dead, pushing the death toll from Tropical Storm Mirinae to 116.
The bodies of two victims were pulled from the rubble yesterday and rescuers are continuing to search for 11 others who went missing when their huts were buried by landslides in central Quang Nam province.
The death toll from Mirinae, which struck central Vietnam on Monday, is now at 116 and authorities estimate the damage of 4.9 trillion dong (€180m).
Dinosaur clue to evolution
A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200 million years ago may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land, said scientists in South Africa.
The Aardonyx celestae was a 23-foot-long small-headed herbivore with a huge barrel of a chest.
It walked on its hind legs but also could drop to all fours, and scientists told reporters that could prove to be a missing evolutionary link. This is a species "that no one has seen before and one that has a very significant position in the family tree of dinosaurs," said expert Adam Yates.
