"At least five people have died in central Vietnam after Typhoon Kalmaegi pounded the country with torrential rain and high winds, officials said Friday. Three of the deaths were reported in the province of Dak Lak, while two people were killed in Gia Lai. Three people, meanwhile, were missing in the coastal province of Quang Ngai, Vietnamese state media said."
"The storm uprooted trees and downed power lines, leaving some 1.6 million households without power. It also caused dozens of homes to collapse and severely damaged or blew the roofs off of over 2,600 others. Vietnamese authorities have warned of continued torrential rains, with forecasts of up to 200 millimeters (8 inches) in the center of the country, where rising river levels have also triggered warnings of landslides and floods."
Typhoon Kalmaegi caused at least five deaths in central Vietnam, with fatalities reported in Dak Lak and Gia Lai and three people missing in Quang Ngai. The storm uprooted trees, downed power lines and left about 1.6 million households without electricity. Dozens of homes collapsed and over 2,600 homes had roofs severely damaged or blown off. Authorities warned of continued torrential rain with forecasts up to 200 millimeters, raising river levels and triggering landslide and flood warnings. Kalmaegi weakened to a tropical depression and moved into Laos and Cambodia after crossing Vietnam. In the Philippines, Kalmaegi killed at least 188 people, left about 135 missing, displaced roughly half a million people and forced nearly 450,000 into evacuation centers.
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