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Agence France-Presse

Shaken residents in central Vietnam were piecing their homes and businesses back together on Saturday after a powerful typhoon hammered large swathes of the coast, killing at least four people.
Typhoon Doksuri tore through Vietnam on Friday afternoon, reducing structures to piles of debris and knocking out electricity and telecommunications in several provinces, in one of the worst storms to hit the country in years.
Residents woke up on Saturday to the widespread destruction in normally idyllic coastal communities that are popular with beachgoers.

“I sat inside my house covering my ears, I didn’t dare leave as I was so scared,” Mai Thi Tinh, whose restaurant in Ha Tinh province was completely destroyed, said.
“The power is still off so we can’t do anything. I don’t know how long it will take to recover.”
At least four people were killed and eight injured, according to Vietnam’s Disaster Management Authority. About 123,000 homes were damaged and trees and power lines were torn down in five hard-hit provinces, the authority said.
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“The wind was so bad that I hid under the bed. I’m old but I’m afraid of death,” 70-year-old retired teacher Tran Ngoc Khang said.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited the devastated province on Saturday to survey the damage.
“We have to quickly mobilise forces to repair houses and damaged schools ... We have to ensure people can get back to normal life,” he told state-run television.

Nearly 80,000 people were evacuated as the storm approached, while the government deployed 250,000 troops and a fleet of vehicles and ships.
Vietnam’s central coast is routinely lashed by storms, especially during tropical storm season from May to October.
It has already been hit by severe weather this year, with 140 people dead or missing in natural disasters since January, according to official figures.
Forecasters warned of flooding and landslides as the storm swept through central and northern Vietnam, bringing with it heavy rain.


Houses flattened and businesses destroyed as Typhoon Doksuri tears through central Vietnam, killing four

A motorcyclist rides past a row of destroyed homes in Ky Anh town, in the central Vietnam province of Ha Tinh after Typhoon Doksuri. Photo: AFP

Soldiers remove debris in Ky Anh town, in the central province of Ha Tinh, the day after Typhoon Doksuri makes a landfall to the country's central coast on September 16, 2017. Typhoon doksuri wreaked havoc on central Vietnam lashing the coast with fierce winds and heavy rains as tens of thounsands were evacuated and three people were reported dead in the country's worst storm in years. / AFP PHOTO / HOANG DINH NAM

People remove debris on a road as Doksuri storm hits Ha Tinh province, Vietnam September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Kham

Vietnamese soldiers work at a damaged building after the Doksuri storm passed through Ha Tinh province, Vietnam September 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kham

A television tower is seen fallen as Doksuri storm hits Ha Tinh province, Vietnam September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Kham

(170915) -- HANOI, Sept. 15, 2017 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 15, 2017 shows a house destroyed by typhoon Doksuri in Nghe An province, central Vietnam. (Xinhua/VNA)(yk)

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Residents woke up on Saturday to the widespread destruction in normally idyllic coastal communities that are popular with beachgoers


Houses flattened and businesses destroyed as Typhoon Doksuri tears through central Vietnam, killing four

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Residents woke up on Saturday to the widespread destruction in normally idyllic coastal communities that are popular with beachgoers

Residents woke up on Saturday to the widespread destruction in normally idyllic coastal communities that are popular with beachgoers