Storm Damrey has wreaked havoc in the south central coast of Vietnam, killing 27 people and leaving 22 others missing by 8:00am on November 5, according to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.


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Storm Damrey hits Khanh Hoa, leaving messes 



The fatal victims were in Binh Dinh, Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong and Dak Lak and a sunken ship, while the missing people were in Binh Dinh and Phu Yen and in the sunken ship.

The storm pulled down 626 houses, unroofed and damaged 39,704 houses in the region, mostly in Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen, and Dak Lak province.

As many as 4,425 hectares of rice were inundated and 25,212 hectares of crops were ruined. Up to 228 fishing vessels have been sunk while nearly 1,500 fishing farms were damaged in Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, and Khanh Hoa.

By 16:00 on November 4, all 110kV transformer stations have been resumed in Binh Dinh, three out of seven in Phu Yen, nine out of 11 in Khanh Hoa, three out of nine in Gia Lai, and two out of nine in Dak Lak.  Several areas in Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa still suffered from blackouts. 

Binh Dinh and Phu Yen reported hundreds of metres of roads being flooded while Khanh Hoa saw landslides, causing traffic jams. Many trains were postponed in the province. Passengers are in safe and sound condition.


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A residential area in the central Phú Yên Province remains flooded on Sunday.

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Two women were killed when floodwater washed away a house in Đạ Chais Commune in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng on Saturday. 

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Typhoon Damrey blew the roof off a house on Saturday in Đạ Chais Commune in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng.

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Panels and signs collapsed in Tuy Hòa City in the central Phú Yên Province on Saturday. 

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Electricity workers in the central Phú Yên Province repair an electricity pole that collapsed in Tuy Hòa City on Saturday. 

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Trees blocked a road in Đà Lạt City in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng on Saturday. About 10 decade-old trees collapsed on eight roads in the inner city on Saturday due to Typhoon Damrey. 

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Heavy rainfall causes floods and traffic congestion on Saturday in the Calmette intersection in District 1 in HCM City. 

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A fishing vessel in the central Phú Yên Province washed ashore on Saturday.

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An excavator submerged in floodwater in Lạc Dương District of the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng on Saturday. 

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Greenhouses in Đạ Chais Commune of the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng were flooded when Typhoon Damrey made landfall on Saturday. 

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Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng monitors the rescue process in central Quy Nhơn Bay on Saturday. 

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Residents of the central Huế City travel by boat to get through floodwater on Sunday. 

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