Vietnam to evacuate 1.3mil people as typhoon approaches; 8 imported Covid-19 cases


A couple transport food relief to provide to flood-affected residents at My Thuong Loc village in Quang Binh province, Vietnam on Monday (Oct 26, 2020). - Reuters

HANOI/MANILA, Oct 26 (Reuters/Vietnam News-ANN): Vietnam is preparing to evacuate nearly 1.3 million people as it braces for the impact of typhoon Molave, which lashed the Philippines overnight causing flooding, landslides and leaving at least a dozen fishermen missing on Monday.

Typhoon Molave, with wind speeds of 125 kilometres (77 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 150 kph, left the main Philippine island of Luzon earlier on Monday, with heavy rain causing seven landslides and floods in 11 areas, the disaster agency said.

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