VietNamNet Bridge – Tropical typhoon No 2 reduced to a low pressure system yesterday, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.
The low pressure system was about 100km east of Da Nang yesterday night, with the strongest winds at the centre of the low pressure system measuring between 62-74km per hour.
The low pressure system was moving in a north-westerly direction at 10km per hour yesterday night.
The centre forecast that the low pressure system would continue to change during the coming hours. Rough seas and strong winds from 39-61km per hour are expected.
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150-tonne rock flattens lorry, driver |
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A 150-tonne rock fell from a mountainside in Nam Giang Commune, Nam Dan District, central Nghe An Province, crushing a passing truck and killing the driver.
The accident happened on Sunday when the lorry was about to leave Ru Muu stone exploitation area.
To retrieve the body from the wreckage the local army had to use 15 kilogrammes of explosives and saw the vehicle into pieces.
Local witnesses said the accident happened due to a landslide caused by heavy rains. |
Heavy rain will continue to fall in provinces from Thua Thien-Hue to Thanh Hoa, the Tay Nguyen (the Central Highlands) region and the eastern part of the Northern Delta.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday sent an urgent message to relevant authorities to urge them to step up efforts on ensuring safety and responding to damage caused by the low pressure system.
The Prime Minister required local authorities to ensure safety for vessels and fishermen.
In mountainous provinces, the Central Highlands and other areas suffering from heavy rains and floods, local authorities were instructed to take urgent measures on preventing landslides and further floods as well as actively evacuate residents to safe houses.
The Prime Minister also called on the Central Steering Committee for Storm and Flood Control and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to send staff to the Central Highlands provinces to co-operate with local authorities in responding to the typhoon.
Death toll
Heavy rains and floods have taken their toll in Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Kon Tum and Lam Dong provinces.
Two people were killed, 14 remained missing and 34 houses, collapsed or were washed away by floods in Dak Lak Province yesterday morning. The province has reported that more than 10,528ha of crops are now waterlogged and seven irrigation dams had burst.
Lam Dong has reported four dead, 23 houses washed away, 786 houses collapsed and more than 1,500ha of crops seriously waterlogged. The water level in Dong Nai River was measured at about 136m, exceeding the third warning level by 0.8m and continued to rise yesterday evening.
Although rains temporarily stopped in Kon Tum Province, they had damaged a number of irrigation dams and dikes and blocked several roads.
The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong also suffered damages worth VND150bil (US$9.38mil).
(Source: Viet Nam News) | 
