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New Storm Bears Down on Flood-Damaged Central Vietnam

Hugh Bohane

   QUANG TRI, VIETNAM - The third typhoon in a month is bearing down on
   Central Vietnam, where residents are still reeling from historic
   flooding and landslides that have claimed 130 lives and affected more
   than 5 million people.

   Another 20 people are still missing in the wake of two storms that
   ravaged the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua
   Thien Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh.

   Typhoon Linfa and Typhoon Nangka both hit in the first two weeks of
   October. Now Typhoon Molave is bearing down and expected to hit the
   same region within hours.

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