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Typhoon Damrey leaves 63 dead and missing

Typhoon Damrey, the 12th storm to hit Vietnam this year, killed 44 people and left 19 others unaccounted for as of November 6 morning.
Typhoon Damrey leaves 63 dead and missing ảnh 1People wade through floodwater on Bridge 14, part of National Highway 26 in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, on November 4 morning, when storm Damrey hit the central coast (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Typhoon Damrey, the12th storm to hit Vietnam this year, killed 44 people and left 19 othersunaccounted for as of November 6 morning.

The typhoon levelled 1,358 houses, damaged114,866 homes and flooded 5,296 hectares of rice and 14,849 hectares ofvegetables.

More than 1,200 fishing vessels were either sunkor ruined while over 24,400 aquatic breeding cages were damaged.

On November 6, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh DinhDung visited the central coastal province of Quang Nam – one of the hardest hitlocalities - to direct the flood response. 

The official earlier visited several localitiesin Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa provinces to inspect the damage caused by the typhoonand direct relief efforts.

On November 5, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phucsent a message asking all authorities and agencies to quickly repair the damagecaused by the typhoon.

The Standing Board of the Vietnam FatherlandFront (VFF) Central Committee decided to allocate 3 billion VND (132,000 USD)to the hardest hit regions.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society released emergencyaid, including money and essential goods valued at nearly 1.1 billion VND(48,257 USD) to help the provinces of Khanh Hoa, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen and DakLak.

Typhoon Damrey made landfall on November 4morning with winds of up to 135km per hour. Thehardest hit regions include the south central provinces of Khanh Hoa, Phu Yenand Binh Dinh, the Central Highlands provinces of Dak Lak, Dak Nong and LamDong, and the central provinces of Quang Nam, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue andDa Nang city.-VNA
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