Nguyen Van Hue, 55, a Nghi Loc District resident, was swept away by floods in Nghi Cong Nam Commune Wednesday night, the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said. His body was found Thursday morning.

A house is heavily flooded in Nghe An's Thanh Chuong District, Sept. 29, 2022.

In Ngoc Son Commune of Thanh Chuong District, Nguyen Huu Hoang, 38, was swept away while fishing at around 3 a.m. Thursday. His body was found at noon.

As of Thursday night, rescuers were still trying to find Bui Van Thanh, 58, who went missing while he was on a boat fishing in a flooded paddy field in Nam Dan Town in the morning.

At least 62 people have been injured in Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Nam provinces, 160 houses destroyed and over 3,300 houses damaged. Over 7,300 houses in Nghe An are still flooded.

Around 5,300 ha of crops and 3,000 ha of aquaculture have been damaged, 5,300 trees uprooted. Thousands of heads of cattle and poultry were also killed in the flooding and many road sections swept away.

Storm Noru made landfall in Da Nang and neighboring Quang Nam Province at 1 a.m. Wednesday, with a maximum wind speed of 133 kph, making it one the most powerful storms to hit Vietnam in the past two decades.

On Wednesday morning, it moved to Laos and weakened into a tropical depression.

UNICEF vows to support Vietnam in response to Typhoon Noru

UNICEF Vietnam expressed its concern over children and families in the country vulnerable to Typhoon Noru, saying it stands ready to support the Government of Vietnam in responding to the most powerful storm to hit Vietnam in 20 years, according to a recent statement.

PM chairs urgent meeting in response to super typhoon Noru

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired an urgent meeting on September 27 to hasten response to the approaching super typhoon Noru.

Typhoon Noru to affect Vietnam’s mainland on late September 27

Typhoon Noru is gaining strength while moving westward at 20-25km per hour, and is expected to make landfall in central Vietnam in the afternoon or evening of September 27, according to Nguyen Van Huong, head of the weather forecast department under the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting.

Northern and central provinces prepare for arrival of supertyphoon Noru

Northern and central provinces have been told to prepare for supertyphoon Noru, which is heading in a northwest direction with wind speeds of up to 183km per hour.

Source: VnExpess