600,000 evacuated as Haiyan nears Vietnam

HANOI: More than 600,000 people were evacuated as super typhoon Haiyan bore down on Vietnam, authorities said, after the storm smashed through the Philip­pines leaving thousands feared dead and causing widespread devastation.

Residents of the Vietnamese capital Hanoi were braced for heavy rains and flooding, while tens of thousands of people in coastal areas were ordered to take shelter ahead of Haiyan’s expected landfall.