Strong typhoon leaves scores dead

The aftermath: Residents retrieving their belongings from their submerged village following floods caused by Typhoon Vamco in Rodriguez, Rizal province. — Reuters

MANILA: Vietnam is bracing for Typhoon Vamco to make landfall in the country’s central coast, as the death toll in the Philippines rose to 53 from that country’s deadliest storm this year.

Packing winds of up to 165kph, Vamco is forecast to hit a swathe of Vietnam’s coast from Ha Tinh to Quang Ngai province, the government’s weather agency said yesterday.