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With winds of up to 165 kph (103 mph), Vamco is forecast to hit a swath of Vietnam’s central coast from Ha Tinh to Quang Ngai province, the government weather agency said on Saturday.
“This is a very strong typhoon,” Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said, warning provinces on Vamco’s projected path to prepare for its impact.
The provinces planned to evacuate 468,000 people by the end of Saturday, according to state media citing the government’s disaster management authority.
Vietnam is prone to destructive storms and floods due to its extensive coastline. Vamco will be the 13th storm to hit the Southeast Asian country this year, where more than 160 people have died 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, president of the Vietnam Red Cross. “Every time they start to rebuild their lives and their livelihoods, they are hit by another storm.”
In the Philippines, coast guard and disaster agencies rushed to rescue thousands in a northern province on Saturday after cyclone number 21 to hit the Philippines this year ripped through the main island of Luzon on Wednesday night and Thursday. early.
On Sunday 21 people were injured and 12 disappeared.
More than 25,000 houses were damaged and infrastructure worth $ 9.7 million (469.7 million Philippine pesos) was destroyed, spokesman for the National Council for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, Mark Timbal, said on Sunday. Another $ 24.7 million in agriculture has been damaged by flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains and high winds brought by Typhoon Vamco.
