A woman walks past fishing boats after the passage of the typhoon Xangsane in the Vietnamese central coastal city of Da Nang. Typhoon Xangsane barreled into central Vietnam, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee and cutting electricity and many telephone lines after killing scores of people in the Philippines.(AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam)Tropical storm Xangsane batters Vietnam
DINH TRAN TRUNG HAU
Associated Press
DANANG, Vietnam — Tropical Storm Xangsane barreled across central Vietnam on Sunday, leaving at least six people dead, hundreds injured and tens of thousands of homes damaged, officials said.
Heavy rains are expected to continue for several days and could unleash floods and landslides across the region, national weather center director Bui Minh Tang said.
The storm, which killed at least 76 people and left about 69 missing in the Philippines last week, hit Vietnam's coastal city of Danang Sunday morning and caused widespread blackouts, officials said.
Xangsane, downgraded from a typhoon just before it hit Vietnam, killed at least four people in Danang, a city of 770,000 people, said local disaster official Huynh Van Thang. At least 5,500 homes were destroyed or damaged in the city.
About 435 people were injured in Danang, said Trinh Luong Tran, director of the city's public health department.
In neighboring Quang Nam province, a woman was killed by falling debris, said deputy provincial governor Nguyen Ngoc Quang. Another 61,000 people, including nearly 500 foreign tourists from hotels in the ancient town of Hoi An, were evacuated.
In Quang Tri province, one person was killed by lightning, officials said.
More than 14,000 homes were destroyed or damaged and 43 people were injured in Thua Thien Hue province, said provincial disaster official Phan Thanh Hung.
In Danang, many houses had their tin roofs blown off, and tin sheets could be seen hanging over trees and electricity cables.
National carrier Vietnam Airlines said it canceled 48 domestic flights Sunday, and train service was interrupted, stranding thousands.
In the Philippines, nearly 40,000 people fled their homes in Manila and in 15 northern and central provinces. Damage to infrastructure, crops and livestock topped $7.2 million and the figure was likely to rise as more reports come in, the civil defense office said.
Heavy rains are expected to continue for several days and could unleash floods and landslides across the region, national weather center director Bui Minh Tang said.
The storm, which killed at least 76 people and left about 69 missing in the Philippines last week, hit Vietnam's coastal city of Danang Sunday morning and caused widespread blackouts, officials said.
Xangsane, downgraded from a typhoon just before it hit Vietnam, killed at least four people in Danang, a city of 770,000 people, said local disaster official Huynh Van Thang. At least 5,500 homes were destroyed or damaged in the city.
About 435 people were injured in Danang, said Trinh Luong Tran, director of the city's public health department.
In neighboring Quang Nam province, a woman was killed by falling debris, said deputy provincial governor Nguyen Ngoc Quang. Another 61,000 people, including nearly 500 foreign tourists from hotels in the ancient town of Hoi An, were evacuated.
In Quang Tri province, one person was killed by lightning, officials said.
More than 14,000 homes were destroyed or damaged and 43 people were injured in Thua Thien Hue province, said provincial disaster official Phan Thanh Hung.
In Danang, many houses had their tin roofs blown off, and tin sheets could be seen hanging over trees and electricity cables.
National carrier Vietnam Airlines said it canceled 48 domestic flights Sunday, and train service was interrupted, stranding thousands.
In the Philippines, nearly 40,000 people fled their homes in Manila and in 15 northern and central provinces. Damage to infrastructure, crops and livestock topped $7.2 million and the figure was likely to rise as more reports come in, the civil defense office said.
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