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Airports and beaches were closed as authorities imposed a fishing ban as Vietnam braces for winds of up to 100 kilometers per hour when the typhoon makes landfall on Sunday near Hue.
Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in four governorates in the center of the country, according to the Disaster Management Authority, while official media estimated that hundreds of thousands more would be forced to flee their homes.
A series of storms hit central Vietnam over the past six weeks, causing floods and landslides that killed at least 159 people, lost 70 others and destroyed more than 400,000 homes.
The storms also devastated roads and bridges and destroyed basic agricultural crops, leaving at least 150,000 people at risk of facing a shortage of food resources.
“More than eight million people living in central Vietnam have not had a chance to catch their breath, and the more they begin to rebuild their lives and livelihoods, a new storm hits them,” said the head of the Vietnam Red Cross, Chuan Tho.
Hurricane FAMCO caused devastation in the Philippines, killing 53 people and sending emergency teams to the northeast of the Philippines, where more than 340,000 people were affected by severe flooding after FAMCO.
Most of the deaths occurred in the provinces of Cagayán, Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya, where rescue efforts are concentrated. Hundreds of people were stranded on the roofs of the most affected areas on the banks of the Cagayan River, while rescue personnel were unable to reach them due to the force of the current.
