Perilous Times and Climate Change
Vietnam tropical storm leaves 4 dead, 10 missing
The Associated Press
Tuesday, August 24, 2010; 10:57 PM
HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam's government says a tropical storm that hit
the country has killed four people and left 10 others missing.
The national floods and storms control committee says tropical storm
Mindulle also injured 20 others when it slammed the north-central coast
on Tuesday.
A disaster official in central Danang City said Wednesday that
authorities are still searching for 10 crew of a fishing boat that went
missing while seeking shelter.
The government says the storm damaged more than 4,000 houses and 62,000
acres (25,000 hectares) of rice fields.
Mindulle has been downgraded to a low depression and was expected to
dissipate later Wednesday.