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UPDATE 2-Vietnam braces for Typhoon Vamco, 53 dead in Philippines

Published 11/14/2020, 11:21 AM
Updated 11/14/2020, 01:40 PM

(Recasts with Vietnam bracing for storm)
By Khanh Vu and Neil Jerome Morales
HANOI/MANILA, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Vietnam was bracing for
Typhoon Vamco to make landfall in the country's central coast
early on Sunday, as the death toll in the Philippines rose to 53
from that country's deadliest storm this year.
Packing winds of up to 165 kph (103 mph), Vamco is forecast
to hit a swathe of Vietnam's coast from Ha Tinh to Quang Ngai
province, the government's weather agency said on Saturday.
"This is a very strong typhoon," Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan
Phuc said, warning provinces in Vamco's projected path to
prepare for its impact.
The provinces plan to evacuate 468,000 people by the end of
Saturday, state media cited the government's disaster management
authority as saying.
Vietnam is prone to destructive storms and flooding due to
its long coastline. Vamco will be the 13th storm that affects
the Southeast Asian country this year, where more than 160
people have been killed in natural disasters triggered by a
series of storms since early October.
"There has been no respite for more than eight million
people living in central Vietnam," said Nguyen Thi Xuan
Thu, Vietnam Red Cross Society President. "Each time they start
rebuilding their lives and livelihoods, they are pummelled by
yet another storm."
In the Philippines, coast guard and disaster agencies
scrambled on Saturday to rescue thousands in a northern province
after the 21st cyclone to hit the Philippines this year tore
through the main island of Luzon late on Wednesday and early
Thursday. Vamco has killed at least 53 people, injured 52 and left 22
missing in the Philippines, according to the Philippines police
and army.

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