Three die in Vietnam tropical storm
Three people were killed and nearly 100,000 homes damaged when a tropical storm hit central Vietnam.
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Two men were killed in Quang Binh province when a radio station antenna tower fell on them, Vietnam’s disaster agency said. Another man was killed when a wall collapsed. Around 40 people were reported injured.
Disaster official Le Tien Dung said streets in Dong Hoi City were strewn with fallen trees. Tens of thousands of people had been evacuated from vulnerable places in central provinces before the storm struck.
Wutip was the strongest storm to hit Vietnam this year. It had weakened from typhoon strength by the time it hit land, with sustained winds of 73mph (117kph), Vietnam’s weather centre said.
Chinese authorities said Wutip sank at least two Chinese fishing vessels in the South China Sea on Sunday, leaving 74 fishermen missing.
The most powerful Asian storm this year was Typhoon Usagi, which caused at least 33 deaths in the Philippines and China in September.
