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Three dead as Typhoon Lekima hits Vietnam |
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October 04, 2007 |
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Three people have been killed after Typhoon Lekima lashed into central Vietnam en route to neighbouring Laos. It whipped up winds of 80 miles an hour and destroyed more than 70,000 homes. Three people drowned, including a 13-year-old boy who was trying to anchor his family's boat during the storm. The storm made landfall late last night in Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces of Vietnam. It destroyed or damaged more than 29,000 homes in Quang Binh province, where 33 people were injured by falling trees or flying debris, according to disaster official Nguyen Ngoc Dien.
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In the neighbouring province of Ha Tinh, to the north, 25 people were injured and more than 42,000 homes were wrecked, officials said. Source : Guardian UK
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