WSJblog - October 15, 2013
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- A man walks among debris of his damaged home after Typhoon Nari tore through the coastal city of Danang on October 15. The typhoon ripped roofs off homes and has sparked heavy rain that could lead to dangerous flooding.
HANOI _ Typhoon Nari hit the coastal city of Danang on Tuesday morning, killing at least five people, knocking down trees, damaging hundreds of houses and sinking dozens of fishing boats. The storm has since weakened and is forecast to be downgraded to a tropical storm later today, but officials say it has triggered heavy rains that may cause dangerous floods — meaning worse could be yet to come.Water levels in local rivers in central Vietnam are rising rapidly and people in central provinces, as well as the Central Highland, should beware of landslides and flash floods, say officials at the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, which monitors severe weather events.
It said rains in the area ranged from 112 millimeters to 396 millimeters over the past 24 hours.
“Fallen trees and [detached] roofs are seen everywhere,” Le Van Tien, an official at Danang’s anti-flood and storm department told The Wall Street Journal. “Winds have subsided now, but it is still raining very heavily.”
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