Vietnam evacuates thousands, shuts airports for typhoon

Vietnam closed the airports and intensified the Tayfun Bualoi barrels towards the country that caused at least 10 deaths and widespread floods in the Philippines.

According to Vietnam’s national weather forecasting agency, Tayfun, which collects wind speeds up to 133km/s, is expected to go ashore before previous estimates in the center of Vietnam late on Sunday.

The agency, “This is a storm that moves rapidly – almost twice the average speed – a strong intensity and a wide domain.

The government said Ha Tinh’s central province began to evacuate more than 15,000 people.

Civil Aviation Authority, Vietnam’ın Danang International Airport, including the four coastal airports from Sunday suspended operations and various flights set the departure time, he said.

The government said that the heavy rain already causes floods in Hue and Quang Tri.

With a long coastline overlooking the South China Sea, Vietnam is often prone to fatal typhines. Last year, Typhoon oil killed about 300 people and caused goods damage to $ 3.3 billion ($ 5 billion).