Over 70 dead or missing in Vietnam after typhoon
HANOI - More than 70 people in Vietnam have been confirmed dead or missing as a result of Typhoon Xangsane, which also injured over 520 people, disaster relief officials said.
Rescuers had found 69 bodies and two people were still missing since the storm hit central Vietnam last Sunday after killing more than 200 people in the Philippines, said the national committee on flood and storm control on Friday.
Total economic losses in Vietnam have been estimated at more than 620 million dollars with 300,000 houses and nearly 100,000 hectares (247,000 acres) of crops affected.
The United States Friday said it would give 100,000 dollars to Red Cross agencies to help disaster relief.
Agence France Presse - October 6, 2006.
Typhoon death toll reaches 59 in Vietnam
HANOI - The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Xangsane rose to 59 with seven others missing, officials said five days after the powerful storm struck the country.
Some 500 people were injured in the storm, the national committee on flood and storm control said on its website. The typhoon also killed more than 200 people in the Philippines.
Hundreds of thousands of houses were wrecked when the powerful storm slammed into central Vietnam on Sunday morning.
The state-controlled Vietnam News Agency said aid money from agencies, organisations and businesses has been pledged to help the region rebuild.
Several newspapers have noted since the storm struck that money pledged after Typhoon Chanchu in May, which left 267 people dead or missing, was sometimes ineffectively used by local authorities.
Agence France Presse - October 5, 2006.
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