Typhoon Koni hits Vietnam
TYPHOON Koni today lashed Vietnam's northern coast with winds up to 90km/h, killing two people and injuring 10, officials said.
One man was killed while anchoring his boat in the northern port of Haiphong, and another died in Ninh Binh province, said an official
with the national Floods and Storm Control Committee. He spoke on customary condition of anonymity.
Fifteen fishing boats from Thanh Hoa province were offshore when the typhoon hit and remained missing, the official Vietnam News
Agency (VNA) reported. Koni injured 10 people and damaged 250 houses and a freighter in northern Thai Binh province. It knocked
down phone and power lines in Thanh Hoa province, causing a blackout for several hours, VNA said.
The fast-moving storm was weakening as it moved overland.
Another powerful typhoon, Imbudo, was expected to bypass Vietnam but still bring heavy rains to the country, said Le Thanh Hai, an
official with the National Centre for Hydro Meteorology. Imbudo, which was making its way towards the southern Chinese coast, has
killed at least seven people and forced thousands to be evacuated in the northern Philippines.
The Associated Press - July 23, 2003
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