Vietnamese authorities ordered people in southern and central coastal areas to evacuate as tropical storm Mirinae approached the Vietnamese coast, Sunday 1 November. Fishermen were advised to get out of the path of the storm. The storm was expected toreach land in the afternoon 2 November. Typhoon Ketsana last month killed more than 160 people and caused damage worth $800 million.

Mirinae caused widespread flooding and destruction, and 16 people died in the Philippines when it was still a typhoon and crossed that country’s main island Luzon. It was the country’s fourth major storm  since September. AFP, Bloomberg