UPDATE 1-Vietnam tackles typhoon's tragic aftermath as new storm threatens region

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By Phuong Nguyen
HANOI, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Rescue teams in central Vietnam
searched for bodies on Friday following a series of deadly
landslides triggered by Typhoon Molave, as yet another powerful
storm edged slowly towards a country battered by its most
intense weather in years.
Helicopters, soldiers and search dogs have been deployed to
look for dozens of people feared dead in at least seven
mudslides in central provinces deluged throughout October and
suffering the worst spell of flooding in two decades.
In Quang Nam province, a district called Nam Tra My was
struck by three landslides which killed 16 and injured dozens.
Fifteen people were still missing.
"All I can do is stand here and wait," said Ho Van Tung,
watching with his neighbours in silent despair as rescue workers
clawed through the thick, umber mud searching for bodies.
"I'm waiting to see if they find any of the bodies," said
Tung, whose brother-in-law was still buried somewhere below.
"If they do, I'll rush over there to see if it's a loved
one".
Molave has killed close to 40 people since it arrived in
Vietnam two days ago, although many people were rescued on
Thursday, including three fishermen found in the sea by a cargo
vessel and 33 people pulled from a tiny village in Nam Tra My.
Central Vietnam has had a tough year, with its tourism
industry crippled by the coronavirus pandemic long before the
arrival of typhoons that have killed at least 160 people, left
dozens missing, wiped out crops and forced hundreds of thousands
into shelters.
Meanwhile, a another storm, Goni gathered strength as it
moved towards the Philippines, where it could make landfall on
Sunday packing winds as strong as 195 kilometres (121 miles) per
hour, its weather agency PSGASA said.
Molave killed 22 people in the Philippines.
Goni is on course to reach central Vietnam later next week
and would be the country's 10th typhoon this year.
"My house is covered in deep mud and debris but I have no
plan to clean it up as I heard more storms are coming," Nguyen
Thi Sinh, a resident of Quang Tri province, said by phone.
"No one had foreseen such severe flooding. Crops and
livestock are all gone with the flood water. We have to
encourage ourselves with the fact we are at least still alive,"
Sinh added.