Monday, December 4, 2006
Vietnam evacuates 50,000 ahead of typhoon Durian
AFP
Vietnam has evacuated tens of thousands of people in the central south as typhoon Durian barrelled toward the coast after triggering a mudslide in the Philippines that killed hundreds.
The typhoon, packing winds of 130 kilometres (80 miles) per hour and lashing rains, was expected to hit between Binh Dinh and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces later Monday, said meteorologists and officials.
"The evacuation must be completed by Monday morning," said deputy prime minister Nguyen Sinh Hung in an online message on a government website.
He was quoted as saying on state-run Vietnam Television that "local leaders must take full responsibility if the evacuation is not complete before the typhoon arrives or if locals suffer accidents."
State media said many people seemed not to be taking the evacuation seriously as only occasional rains heralded the arrival of the storm.
Communist Vietnam days ago barred fishing vessels from leaving harbour and warned those at sea to avoid the typhoon, which has defied earlier predictions it would weaken as it headed for Vietnam.
Central Vietnam was in October hit by typhoon Xangsane, which killed at least 70 people and brought widespread flooding and destruction.
Typhoon Durian was expected to hit central southern provinces on Monday and Tuesday before crossing the border to Cambodia, forecasters said.
The typhoon, packing winds of 130 kilometres (80 miles) per hour and lashing rains, was expected to hit between Binh Dinh and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces later Monday, said meteorologists and officials.
"The evacuation must be completed by Monday morning," said deputy prime minister Nguyen Sinh Hung in an online message on a government website.
He was quoted as saying on state-run Vietnam Television that "local leaders must take full responsibility if the evacuation is not complete before the typhoon arrives or if locals suffer accidents."
State media said many people seemed not to be taking the evacuation seriously as only occasional rains heralded the arrival of the storm.
Communist Vietnam days ago barred fishing vessels from leaving harbour and warned those at sea to avoid the typhoon, which has defied earlier predictions it would weaken as it headed for Vietnam.
Central Vietnam was in October hit by typhoon Xangsane, which killed at least 70 people and brought widespread flooding and destruction.
Typhoon Durian was expected to hit central southern provinces on Monday and Tuesday before crossing the border to Cambodia, forecasters said.
4 comments:
If it wouldn't be our K
Khmer Krom staying at the south part of Vietnam, I say Durian go! take them down to the sea! Yah! do it baby!
go to the north! Durian.
Durian would be smart. It would take down the invading Yuons and spare our Khmer Krom brothers and sisters. When the Yuons are perished by the storm there will be more lands for our Khmer Krom compatriots to reclaim. Only the Act of God will be able to save them from possible extinction at the hands of the Yuons.
Your Geography is mostly by the sea. You seem lucky for a while, because your neigbors Cambodia and Loas are considered weak, except China. You have learned to defend your self well from China and your greed grows bigger and bigger. You care for no one, but Vietnam.
I'll tell you that God cares for all!
( Remember, The Arabs was black sheeps of the family and was sent to the desert full of sand storms and the mighty hot Sun's ray, but did they die? No! God bless them with oil wells and who they are now?) You'd better learn something this time.
The next one you might not be so lucky anymore. Typoon Durian's strenght is God's strenght and don't forget! you are by the sea and The Almighty God is always watching you! You be nice!
I'm praying for justice for my brothers and sisters in Kampuchea Krom.
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