Floods caused by Typhoon Ketsana have killed 246 people in the Philippines, and that number is expected to rise according to officials. The Typhoon has caused the heaviest rain in over 40 years in the Philippines and reaches wind speed of around 120km per hour. To put into perspective, Stephen Anderson, the United Nations World Food Program’s country director in Manila, states that the rainfall from Katsana is more that that of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the southern U.S. in 2005. An estimated 330,000 people have been displaced by the storm in the Philippines.
The same Typhoon has been fast approaching Vietnam. As of today, it has causes 31 deaths in Vietnam and displaced 170,000 people. The deaths were a result of landslides and the collapses of the victims’ homes. Heavy rain continues to pour.
National carrier Vietnam Airlines said Monday it would suspend services to the central tourist centers of Da Nang and Hue through Tuesday, ahead of a typhoon moving towards the country’s coast. The airline stopped its flights to the two cities from mid-day Monday for 36 hours.
For more on how you can help the Philippines: http://www.redcross.org.ph/
For more on how you can help the Vietnam: http://www.redcross.org.vn/
UPDATE: As of 9/30/2009, the impact of Ketsana in Vietnam is 38 dead, 81 injured, 10 missing, 6000 houses completely destroyed, 125,000 houses still flooded, and over a hundred thousand people still homeless.
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