One death, 10 missing in Mindulle storm
The tropical storm Mindulle, which wrecked havoc the northern central
region of Vietnam , left one death and 10 other missing by the
morning of August 25.
The tropical storm Mindulle, which wrecked havoc the northern central
region of Vietnam , left one death and 10 other missing by the
morning of August 25.
According to the Flood and Strom Prevention and Control Steering Committee of the northern central provinces ’ report, the death victim is nine-year-old Nguyen An Khanh of Nghe An province who was drowned during the storm while 10 missing people are members of a Da Nang fishing boat.
The storm also injured 20 people, including five in Nghe An province, one in Ha Tinh province, three in Quang Tri province, and 11 in Thua Thien-Hue province.
Midulle pulled down 24 houses in Nghe An, Quang Binh and Quang Tri provinces and unroofed 4,112 houses in Nghe An, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue provinces.
The storm also sank seven vessels in Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces and damaged 11 others in Thanh Hoa and Quang Tri provinces.
About 24,960 ha of rice, more than 7,300 ha of subsidiary crops and 306 ha for aquaculture breeding were flooded.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat has asked localities to continue searching missing people, help families of victims and local people soon return to their normal lives.
National Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre Director Bui Minh Tang said Mindulle would deliver rain falls of between 200-400mm in central-coastal provinces from Thanh Hoa to Quang Binh.
The meteorologist warned of possible flash floods and landslide in the highlands and tides of between 3-5m along the coast from Hai Phong to Thanh Hoa.
Rivers in provinces from Ha Tinh to Quang Tri were expected to continue rising and would be 0.5m above the first-alarm level.
The National Flood and Storm Control Steering Committee sent two teams to affected provinces of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Quang Binh and Quang Tri to direct the response.
Mindulle was forecast to travel north-west at 20-25kph and directly effect central provinces from Quang Binh to Thanh Hoa and the northern delta.
It was then expected to hit provinces from Thai Binh to Ha Tinh weakening into a low.
The tropical low is forecast to be at 20.4 degree north and 103.9 degree east at the Viet Nam-Laos border at 2pm of August 25./.
According to the Flood and Strom Prevention and Control Steering Committee of the northern central provinces ’ report, the death victim is nine-year-old Nguyen An Khanh of Nghe An province who was drowned during the storm while 10 missing people are members of a Da Nang fishing boat.
The storm also injured 20 people, including five in Nghe An province, one in Ha Tinh province, three in Quang Tri province, and 11 in Thua Thien-Hue province.
Midulle pulled down 24 houses in Nghe An, Quang Binh and Quang Tri provinces and unroofed 4,112 houses in Nghe An, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue provinces.
The storm also sank seven vessels in Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces and damaged 11 others in Thanh Hoa and Quang Tri provinces.
About 24,960 ha of rice, more than 7,300 ha of subsidiary crops and 306 ha for aquaculture breeding were flooded.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat has asked localities to continue searching missing people, help families of victims and local people soon return to their normal lives.
National Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre Director Bui Minh Tang said Mindulle would deliver rain falls of between 200-400mm in central-coastal provinces from Thanh Hoa to Quang Binh.
The meteorologist warned of possible flash floods and landslide in the highlands and tides of between 3-5m along the coast from Hai Phong to Thanh Hoa.
Rivers in provinces from Ha Tinh to Quang Tri were expected to continue rising and would be 0.5m above the first-alarm level.
The National Flood and Storm Control Steering Committee sent two teams to affected provinces of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Quang Binh and Quang Tri to direct the response.
Mindulle was forecast to travel north-west at 20-25kph and directly effect central provinces from Quang Binh to Thanh Hoa and the northern delta.
It was then expected to hit provinces from Thai Binh to Ha Tinh weakening into a low.
The tropical low is forecast to be at 20.4 degree north and 103.9 degree east at the Viet Nam-Laos border at 2pm of August 25./.
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