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TYPHOON-VIETNAM
Typhoon Molave leaves 33 dead, 49 missing in Vietnam
HANOI, Nov 2, 2020 (BSS/XINHUA) – Floods and landslides triggered by
Typhoon Molave have left 33 people dead and 49 missing in Vietnam’s central
and central highlands regions as of Monday, the country’s Central Steering
Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said.
The fatalities were recorded in Quang Nam, Nghe An, Dak Lak and Gia Lai
provinces, while the missing were reported mostly in Quang Nam and Binh Dinh
provinces, according to the committee.
The floods damaged 89 bridges and over 90 km of roads, and caused more than
818,200 cubic meters of landslide, said the committee, adding that 161
communes were still suffering from power outage as of 7:00 a.m. local time
Monday.
Molave, the ninth typhoon that hit Vietnam this year, is among the
strongest typhoons that hit the country in the past 20 years.
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