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Viet Nam: Typhoon: 2001/11/12 Country Information on DRR

Period 2001/11/12
Country or District Viet Nam
Event Type Typhoon
Outline The strongest typhoon to hit Vietnam in 15 years has killed at least two people, destroyed houses and uprooted trees on Monday after killing hundreds in the neighboring Philippines, local officials said.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others
OCHA Situation Report 2001/11/13
Dead: 20 persons
Injured: 83 people
Evacuated: 562 families
Destroyed: 2,636 houses
Damaged: 12,000 houses

Close to 30,000 ha of rice paddy and other crops have been ruined.
Some 145 boats have reportedly been washed away.
Approximately 650 schools have been destroyed or damaged.

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Report/Articles

yahoo!news 2001/11/13
Typhoon Death Toll Climbs to 20 and caused serious damage which estimated $25 million

OCHA Situation Report 2001/11/13
Situation of the Damage

Yahoo asia News 2001/11/13
Typhoon kills 20 and leaves 13,000 homeless in Vietnam

Reuters News 2001/11/12
Typhoon kills 15 in Vietnam, 12,000 homeless

CNN News 2001/11/13
Vietnam typhoon death toll climbs

yahoo!news 2001/11/12
Typhoon Lingling kills 10 in Vietnam

CNN News 2001/11/12
Typhoon lashes Vietnam, kills 2.

BBC News 2001/11/12
Typhoon Lingling sweeps into Vietnam