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Typhoon Molave, The Most Devastating Storms Hitting Vietnam In 20 Years

Landslides and buried towns and houses from a typhoon that slammed central Vietnam has left the death tool to jump from 60 to 230 people dead or missing from Oct. 29, another tragic event striking the country that already has to deal with the catastrophic floods.

In two decades, Typhoon Molave is one of the biggest storms to have hit Vietnam. Rains and floods unleashing mudslides on Oct. 18 that has flattened soldiers’ barracks in Huong Phung Commune, in the central coastal province of Quang Tri. This was deemed the largest military loss the country has faced in peacetime by officials.

The typhoon has damaged 56,000 houses due to the 85-mile-per-hour winds, Vietnamese officials stated.

19 bodies had been pulled from the rubbles that were left by Thursday night, according to local news media. The rescue teams also retrieved 33 survivors during that period.

The rain brought on by the typhoon has caused the dam water in the province of Quang Ngai to rise rapidly, trapping 20 workers who were at the dam construction site overnight. They were rescued by the authorities not long after.

Source: New York Times

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