JAKARTA - The devastating storm in northern Vietnam killed one person, four injured, and another was declared missing on Wednesday, July 23.
Quoting AP, Wednesday, July 23, the death toll was a 59-year-old man who was a resident of Nghe An Province. His life was taken by the effects of a storm destroying a tree that immediately hit his house on Sunday.
The incident occurred before the impact of the storm caused flooding at many points in northern Vietnam.
Nghe An province, which stretches from the coast to the border of the Laos mountains, is among the worst-hit areas hit by heavy rains and floods due to storms.
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Local officials said flooding in Nghe An damaged hundreds of houses, destroyed farmers' crops, and cut off access to remote areas of the province.
As a result of this storm, as many as 400 families affected by the flood and prone to landslides were evacuated to refugee camps.
The remote highlands in Nghe An still experience power outages and communication networks are cut off.
Vietnamese authorities said the impact of this storm began to be felt on Tuesday, July 22 morning with wind speeds of up to 102 kilometers per hour (63 mph) before weakening while moving to the mainland.
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