Typhoon Noru made landfall in Vietnam early Wednesday morning. The country is experiencing widespread flooding and thousands of homes have already been damaged.
Noru headed straight for the coastal city of Quang Nam and Da Nang province on Wednesday. It is a category 4 storm with wind speeds of up to 117 kilometers per hour, reports the Meteorological Service in Vietnam.
Noru caused a lot of damage in the Philippines on Sunday, where at least eight people were killed in the passage of the typhoon. No fatalities have been reported in Vietnam so far, but at least nine people were injured as they tried to fortify their homes.
The Vietnam Meteorological Service warns of more heavy rainfall, estimated 150 to 250 mm. In some places, rainfall can reach 300mm, causing landslides and flooding.
Ten airports have been closed due to the storm. Vietnam Airlines has canceled 148 flights, affecting about 14,000 passengers.
More than 270,000 soldiers have been deployed to assist the civilians.
Sixteen dead in Cambodia
Typhoon Noru has claimed 16 lives in Cambodia. That writes the newspaper Phnom Penh Post on the basis of the Cambodian civil defense. Thousands of houses and streets in the border area with Thailand have been badly damaged by the flooding caused by the heavy rainfall.
“The typhoon will slowly weaken and evolve into a tropical depression,” a spokesman for Cambodia’s Ministry of Water Supply said. Still heavy rainfall is forecast in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand in the coming days.
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