Map showing the path of Typhoon Ketsana that laid waste to the northern Philippines and is now heading towards the Vietnamese coast. (AFP/Graphic)Typhoon Ketsana Strengthens, Approaches Vietnam Coast
By Aaron Sheldrick and Nguyen Kieu Giang
Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Typhoon Ketsana, which left more than 240 people dead in the Philippines, strengthened overnight into a Category 2 storm as it approached the central coast of Vietnam, where the government ordered evacuations.
The eye of Ketsana was about 86 kilometers (54 miles) east- northeast of the city of Quang Ngai at 7 a.m. Vietnam time today, according to the U.S. Navy Joint Typhoon Warning center. The storm’s maximum sustained winds increased to 167 kilometers per hour from 148 kph yesterday as it moved southwest at 15 kph.
Ketsana’s eye, where winds are gusting to 204 kph, is forecast to cross the coast near Quang Ngai after 1 p.m. local time today. Earlier it was forecast to cross the coast near Hue to the northwest.
The Vietnam government’s flood prevention committee earlier ordered evacuations from areas vulnerable to flash floods and landslides and told people to take prevention measures in the central provinces around the city of Hue. Residents were advised to stockpile food, water and medicines.
Central Vietnam was hit by rains last week that left 23 people dead or missing, according to a statement on the government’s Web site. More than 9,600 houses were damaged.
Ketsana crossed Luzon in the Philippines as a tropical storm three days ago, causing floods in the capital, Manila, and surrounding areas that forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate their homes.
The typhoon is a Category 2 storm, the second-weakest on the five-step Saffir Simpson scale. Such storms are capable of “widespread damage,” according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center’s Web site.
Ketsana is the name of a tree in Laos, according to the Hong Kong Observatory, which list names in use for Pacific storms on its Web site.
To contact the reporters on this story: Aaron Sheldrick in Tokyo at asheldrick@bloomberg.net; Nguyen Kieu Giang in Hanoi at giang1@bloomberg.net.
The eye of Ketsana was about 86 kilometers (54 miles) east- northeast of the city of Quang Ngai at 7 a.m. Vietnam time today, according to the U.S. Navy Joint Typhoon Warning center. The storm’s maximum sustained winds increased to 167 kilometers per hour from 148 kph yesterday as it moved southwest at 15 kph.
Ketsana’s eye, where winds are gusting to 204 kph, is forecast to cross the coast near Quang Ngai after 1 p.m. local time today. Earlier it was forecast to cross the coast near Hue to the northwest.
The Vietnam government’s flood prevention committee earlier ordered evacuations from areas vulnerable to flash floods and landslides and told people to take prevention measures in the central provinces around the city of Hue. Residents were advised to stockpile food, water and medicines.
Central Vietnam was hit by rains last week that left 23 people dead or missing, according to a statement on the government’s Web site. More than 9,600 houses were damaged.
Ketsana crossed Luzon in the Philippines as a tropical storm three days ago, causing floods in the capital, Manila, and surrounding areas that forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate their homes.
The typhoon is a Category 2 storm, the second-weakest on the five-step Saffir Simpson scale. Such storms are capable of “widespread damage,” according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center’s Web site.
Ketsana is the name of a tree in Laos, according to the Hong Kong Observatory, which list names in use for Pacific storms on its Web site.
To contact the reporters on this story: Aaron Sheldrick in Tokyo at asheldrick@bloomberg.net; Nguyen Kieu Giang in Hanoi at giang1@bloomberg.net.
10 comments:
central vietnam is full of hookers!!!
Glad to hear Typhoon Ketsana hits
Vietnam, and be wished to wipe out vietnam compltely from the world map:-)
12:27PM
why u look down on other ppl lives? there many innocent ppl in VN. like Khmer Krom.
Good people don't wish anything bad happening even to their worst enemies. So, people who have such wish just be careful it will be back fire on themselves, it is called "Karma" or "what goes around will come around", so, try to speak no evil and act no evil regardless of what condition you are in. The power of love can over take the power of hatred in the end. Hate can lead into a result of disaster where as love can into a more productive approach to life. So, if you want to know more, please try to read more about the wisdom of life...either form buddhism or the bible if you are a christain...in peace guys
I wish it could go over Hun Sen's house...
The Anonymous of 2:22 pm is a woman for sure..too boring to be a man!
I quote Ketsana over Hun Sen's house!!!
23 dead as Typhoon Ketsana roars into Vietnam
The Associated Press - Tran Van Minh - 10 minutes ago
HANOI, Vietnam - Typhoon Ketsana roared into central Vietnam on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people as it brought flooding and winds of up to 90 mph (144 kph), disaster officials said.
Posted by: CPP Traitor
They Viet-number 23+ that's why!
120 millions of them whole wide. We 15 millions of us whole wide. Oh, their are more on our biggest island koh Tral is ours.
Central Viet Nam, that where the Viet Namese slaughters the Chams (Muslims people.)One was called Champa. The Viet Namese Wipped them out of the map.
The Viet Namese Evils Greeds have Killed MILLION of These men, women and children quietly.
What go around they will come around.May God bless the deads and kill off the Evils Greeds.
yes, I agree with 10.51pm Amen
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