HANOI, 6 Nov 2017:
Typhoon Damrey has wreaked havoc at the south central coast of Vietnam – killing 29 people and leaving 29 others missing, Vietnam News Agency reported.
The typhoon also sank nearly 230 cargo and fishing ships and boats, destroyed more than 1,000 houses – mainly in central Khanh Hoa province – damaged or ripped roofs of over 43,000 others, and caused blackout in many central and central highlands provinces.
The fatal victims were in Binh Dinh, Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong and Dak Lak provinces and a sunken ship, while the missing people were in Binh Dinh and Phu Yen, according to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.|
Up to 4,425ha of rice fields were inundated and 25,212ha of crops were ruined. The report also said nearly 1,500 fishing farms were damaged in Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, and Khanh Hoa provinces.
Binh Dinh and Phu Yen reported hundreds of metres of roads being flooded while Khanh Hoa saw landslides, causing traffic jams.
Vietnam may have to prepare for the worst scenario in terms of the typhoon, because water levels in many rivers in the central and central highlands region are rising at alarming levels, and some reservoirs are at risk of breaking if the regions continue to face downpour which may trigger heavy floods and landslides, Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong said.
– Bernama