Vietnam evacuates hundreds of thousands as it braces for Noru, strongest super typhoon in Decades


Residents wait on the roof of their homes for the flooding to subside after Super Typhoon Noru, in San Miguel, Bulacan province, Philippines, September 26, 2022. - Reuters

HANOI, Sept 27 (Bloomberg): Vietnam evacuated more than 400,000 people ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Noru, the strongest the country has seen in two decades.

Noru’s eye was about 252 kilometres (157 miles) east of the coastal city of Danang as of 4 pm local time Tuesday with gusts as strong as 166 kilometres per hour.

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