(VOVWORLD) - Storm Noul, the strongest storm to hit Vietnam so far this year, has killed 5 people and left 112 injured or missing.
 Storm Noul devastates Ky Son district in Nghe An province. |
The storm which ravaged Vietnam’s central region on Friday also damaged 22,000 houses, 3,000 ha of rice, and many road sections in Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue, and Da Nang.
Noul is the fifth tropical storm formed this year in the East Sea, known internationally as the South China Sea.
The East Sea could see 11-13 storms and tropical depressions this year, half of them affecting Vietnam, meteorologists have warned.
Its long coastline makes Vietnam particularly prone to destructive storms and flooding. Natural disasters, predominantly floods and landslides triggered by storms, killed 132 people and injured 207 others in the country last year.