Typhoon Damrey batters Vietnam, flooding towns and leaving 27 people dead
The storm, which made landfall on Saturday, is the worst in decades to strike the country’s southern coastal region
At least 27 people have died and nearly two dozen are missing after Typhoon Damrey barrelled into Vietnam, authorities said on Sunday, damaging tens of thousands of homes and submerging motorways days before the country welcomes world leaders to the APEC summit.
The storm, which made landfall on Saturday, is the worst in decades to strike the country’s southern coastal region, an area normally spared the typhoons that typically hit further north.
More than 40,000 homes were damaged as heavy rains and 130km/h winds tore through the area, leaving 27 dead and 22 reported missing, according to the disaster management office.
Coastal Khanh Hoa province, home to the popular white sand Nha Trang beach, was hardest hit with 16 dead and 10 injured, the government said.
Elsewhere in the region Malaysia was also battered by bad weather, with two people reported dead in Penang following serious flooding – including in the historic state capital George Town.
Now city people are joining hands with authorities to clean up the mess to make the city look nicer
Nearly 2,000 people have been evacuated there and the military was deployed to help flood victims.