Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung visited the central coastal province of Quang Nam – one of the hardest hit localities – to direct the flood response (Photo VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Typhoon Damrey, the
12th storm to hit Vietnam this year, killed 44 people and left 19 others
unaccounted for as of November 6 morning.
The typhoon levelled 1,358 houses, damaged
114,866 homes and flooded 5,296 hectares of rice and 14,849 hectares of
vegetables.
More than 1,200 fishing vessels were either sunk
or ruined while over 24,400 aquatic breeding cages were damaged.
On November 6, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh
Dung visited the central coastal province of Quang Nam – one of the hardest hit
localities – to direct the flood response.
The official earlier visited several localities
in Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa provinces to inspect the damage caused by the typhoon
and direct relief efforts.
On November 5, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc
sent a message asking all authorities and agencies to quickly repair the damage
caused by the typhoon.
The Standing Board of the Vietnam Fatherland
Front (VFF) Central Committee decided to allocate 3 billion VND (132,000 USD)
to the hardest hit regions.
The Vietnam Red Cross Society released emergency
aid, including money and essential goods valued at nearly 1.1 billion VND
(48,257 USD) to help the provinces of Khanh Hoa, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen and Dak
Lak.
Typhoon Damrey made landfall on November 4
morning with winds of up to 135km per hour. The
hardest hit regions include the south central provinces of Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen
and Binh Dinh, the Central Highlands provinces of Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam
Dong, and the central provinces of Quang Nam, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue and
Da Nang city.-VNA