Crocodiles escape in Vietnam

Severe floods in parts of Vietnam have killed several hundred people and caused widespread damage. But now there is a new problem to contend with, after hundreds of crocodiles escaped from a farm when the floods destroyed their cages.

The state owned Yang Bay farm in central Vietnam was home to around five-thousand crocodiles, until destroyed their cages at the weekend. The authorities don't know exactly how many of the reptiles escaped but they believe several hundred are

Soldiers, forest rangers and villagers have been trying to track them down. Only eight crocodiles have been recaptured so far and three more shot dead. The first to be killed weighed two-hundred kilograms and took eight people to carry it away. Many of the escaped crocodiles are thought to have taken up residence in a nearby lake, and officials have warned people to be extremely careful and not to go swimming.