Posted 10/31/2005 9:41 AM Updated 11/3/2005 2:04 PM

Typhoon dumps heavy rain on Vietnam's coast

HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Eighteen people were confirmed dead and 10 others listed as missing after Typhoon Kai Tak battered central Vietnam for a second day Thursday, officials said.




"Ten people remain missing and we are pursuing the search for them today," said Nguyen Van Hung, an official from the flood and storm committee in the central city of Danang.

"The typhoon weakened into a tropical depression after battering the central coastal regions," Hung said. "But heavy rains are persisting in the Red River region," in the northern part of the country.

It has so far caused material damage of about seven million dollars, he said.

A Filipino expert who was working at the Bong Mieu gold mine in Quang Nam province was killed in the flooding, Hung said. The Philippines embassy in Hanoi had no immediate comment on the report.

Scores of fishing boats may have sunk, official reports said.

Thousands of hectares of farmland have been destroyed and traffic was disrupted in the region.

Airports in Danang and Hue were closed on Tuesday but have

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USAID Provides Typhoon Assistance to Vietnam

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November 8, 2005
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WASHINGTON, DC - In response to the damage associated with Typhoon Damrey, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided $50,000 to Catholic Relief Services to provide assistance to typhoon-affected communities in Vietnam.

The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi reported that USAID-funded flood and storm early warning systems, implemented by the Government of Vietnam in collaboration with the U.N. Development Program (UNDP), helped to minimize loss of life in coastal areas. USAID has invested approximately $2.4 million in early warning systems in Vietnam since 2000. For Typhoon Damrey, the Government of Vietnam evacuated 600,000 people away from the coastline, reinforced sea dikes, and recalled 40,000 fishing vessels.

On September 27, Typhoon Damrey reached the coast of Vietnam, resulting in the deaths of 68 people and injuring 22 others in the northern and central regions of the country. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) reports that the typhoon damaged or destroyed more than 100,000 homes, 300,000 hectares of rice and cash crops, and 22,000 shrimp and fish ponds. According to the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi, the Government of Vietnam news agency has reported approximately $209 million in damages.

USAID will continue to monitor the situation and provide additional updates as necessary.

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Storm Tembin enters Vietnam waters, likely to intensify

Tropical Storm Tembin entered the East Sea early Friday after passing the northern Philippine island of Luzon, and showed signs of intensifying.
By afternoon, the storm lay centered in northeastern East Sea with winds blowing at 62-74 km/ hr. It was moving northwestward at 10-15 km/hr, the Central Hydrometeorology Station reported.

The station’s southern office said the storm was entering warm waters and was thus capable of becoming even stronger.

Foreign meteorological offices said Tembin was changing course often but was likely to steer southwestward.

Tembin’s predecessor, Typhoon Kai-tak, which struck Vietnam’s central region earlier this month, killed 22, injured hundreds, and caused damage worth more than VND100 billion (US$6,250,000).

Earlier, in late September, Typhoon Damrey hit the northern provinces claiming 69 lives and causing massive destruction.

Reported by M.V – Translated by Ngoc Hanh.

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Storm Tembin

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Flashflood wreaks havoc in central Vietnam


An unexpected flood inundated hundreds of houses and thousands of hectares of paddy Saturday in central Vietnam besides causing land to sink up to five meters.
Over 3,000ha of paddy and 44ha of fish and shrimp ponds were swamped in Quang Tri province. The flood also washed away many sections of an 11km dike in addition to damaging roads and bridges.

Provincial authorities had to use 4,000 sand bags to fortify the dike.

Towards Saturday evening, the land surface in Cam Lo district’s Tam Hiep commune sank by 3-5m, wrecking seven houses and forcing the immediate evacuation of 122 households.

According to a provincial official, there could be an underground river underneath the commune, which, once combined with heavy rains, caused the land collapse.

In Thua Thien-Hue province, several dikes were broken with 2,000ha of paddy submerged. If the floodwater was not pumped out within five days, the spring-winter crop could face total damage.

Quang Binh province fared no better with nearly 2,000ha of paddy deluged and over 50,000 cu. m of soil and embankment washed away.

The flash flood, triggered by heavy unseasonable rains and the cold weather, is considered the most severe in decades.

Reported by Thanh Nien reporters – Translated by Hoang Bao

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