VIETNAM: Tropical Storm Mirinae catches country by surprise
HANOI, 5 November 2009 (IRIN) : Thousands were evacuated from low-lying areas, residents reinforced their homes with sandbags and fishing boats were ordered into port.
But despite those efforts – even as forecasters predicted that the storm would fizzle out – some 98 people lost their lives, and 20 are still missing.
According to the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control (CCFSC), as of 4 November, more than 60,000 homes were flooded, damaged or had collapsed.
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