Vietnam battered by tropical storm
Vietnam has evacuated tens of thousands of people from coastal areas as a powerful typhoon swept across the country.
Vietnam closed schools, ordered all boats ashore and moved some 70,000 people to shelters in vulnerable areas along its central coastline.
Typhoon Wutip made landfall on Vietnam’s central coast.
Torrential rain and strong winds saw flooding in the popular tourist town of Hoi An.
Vietnam is hit by an average of eight to 10 tropical storms every year.
In recent weeks floods have killed at least 24 people in Vietnam and claimed 30 lives in Cambodia, as well as 22 in Thailand.
Three Chinese fishing boats sank in rough waters whipped up by Typhoon Wutip.
More than 70 people were missing, Beijing’s official Xinhua news agency reported.
Last week, another typhoon, Usagi, left more than 25 people dead in China.
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