Typhoon Molave hit Vietnam’s central coastline and northern Central Highlands with winds of up to 133 kilometers per hour on Wednesday, triggering landslides in Quang Nam province, VnExpress news website reported, citing local authorities.
A landslide this morning in Quang Nam province’s Phuoc Loc village bordering Kon Tum province buried 11 people, according to the government website.
In the coffee province of Gia Lai, one person was killed and 77 hectares of paddy rice, 300 hectares of sugarcane and 7 hectares of fruit trees were damaged, the provincial government reported on its website.
There were no reports of damage to coffee farms. The coffee-producing province of Kon Tum experienced landslides and flooding in two villages in Dak Ha district.
Vietnam’s 9th typhoon of the year also killed one person in Quang Nam, injured 28 in other central coastal provinces, collapsed 2,526 houses and damaged 88,591 homes, according to the government website.
Meanwhile,the Philippines is bracing for a new storm that will hit the Southeast Asian nation this weekend, days after Typhoon Molave left at least 16 people dead and thousands in evacuation sites.
Goni, which developed into a severe tropical storm, is expected to further intensify as it enters Philippine waters late Thursday, the nation’s weather bureau said. It will bring heavy rains in central and southern Luzon starting Friday.Typhoon Molave killed at least 16 people and affected more than a million more, with 300,000 fleeing their homes. Before heading to Vietnam, the 17th typhoon to enter the Philippines damaged nearly 1.5 billion pesos of crops and destroyed 23,500 houses, according to authorities.
An average of 20 cyclones pass through disaster-prone Philippines every year. The government in May said storms are likely to complicate the nation’s fight against the coronavirus as it evacuates tens of thousands of people from typhoon-hit areas.