The Vietnam Red Cross has collected money and goods worth over VND4.3 billion (US$221,000) to support victims in the central coastal region after tropical storm Mindulle hit the region on Tuesday, killing nine people and injuring 58 others.
According to the National Hydro-Meteorology Forecast Center, the third storm of the year has weakened into a tropical depression and will continue to bring rains from Thanh Hoa to Nghe An provinces and expand to the southern region of the Northern Delta.
The provinces should stay alert, especially taking precautions against flash floods and landslides in the mountainous districts, it said.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has also resumed flights and added four more flights on Wednesday between Nghe An’s Vinh City and Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
The airline canceled 14 flights on Monday and Tuesday due to the storm which seriously affected the central provinces of Nghe An, Quang Binh, Ha Tinh, Thanh Hoa, Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Ngai and Danang City.
In the hardest-hit province of Nghe An, the storm killed 6 people and injured 43 others, unroofed 31,500 houses and collapsed 295 others, with about 8,400 hectares of crop likely to be lost as well.
To deal with the disaster, Thanh Hoa province has evacuated about 18,000 people in the coastal districts including Tinh Gia, Quang Xuong, Hau Loc, Hoang Hoa and Nga Son to the mainland.
