At least 25 dead, scores missing after typhoon lashes Vietnam

General view as Typhoon Molave sweeps through Hoi An, Vietnam October 28, 2020 in this still image taken from social media video. Loic Diels via REUTERS

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam deployed hundreds of soldiers and heavy machinery on Thursday to search for survivors after landslides triggered by torrential rains from Typhoon Molave, one of the strongest typhoons in the region in decades.

The landslides, which hit remote areas in the central province of Quang Nam late on Wednesday, killed 13 with 40 missing as rescue efforts were hampered by bad weather at the tail end of the storm, the government said. State media said 12 fishermen died at sea.