Typhoon Bualoi death toll rises to 36 in Vietnam
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Bualoi made landfall on Sept 29 in northern central Vietnam, bringing huge sea swells, strong winds and heavy rain.
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HANOI – The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Bualoi and the floods it triggered has risen to 36, according to an Oct 2 report from the government's disaster management agency.
Bualoi made landfall on Sept 29 in northern central Vietnam, bringing huge sea swells, strong winds and heavy rain that also left 21 people missing and injured 147 others, according to the report.
The agency also raised its estimate of property damage caused by the typhoon and its flooding to 11.5 trillion dong (S$561.2 million), up from US$303 million (S$390 million) in a previous report released on Oct 1.
The typhoon severely damaged roads, schools and offices, and caused power grid failures that left tens of thousands of families without electricity, the report said.
More than 210,000 houses were damaged or inundated, and more than 51,000ha of rice and other crops were destroyed, it said. REUTERS
