UN, partners surveying Vietnam typhoon, report 70 dead or missing


A man walks past the place where his house was located before the landslide in Nam Tra My district, Quang Nam province, Vietnam on October 30, 2020. - Reuters

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 1 (Xinhua): The United Nations and humanitarian partners assessing the situation in central Vietnam following typhoon Molave and announced that more than 70 people are reported dead or missing, 88,000 houses damaged and about 375,000 people moved to evacuation centres.

Quang Ngai and Kon Tum provinces have been most severely affected, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a release. Information on the full extent of the damage and impact of the storm is still being collected by the government, the United Nations and humanitarian partners.

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