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| A residential area in the central Phú Yên Province remains flooded on Sunday. — VNA/VNS Photo Thế Lập. |
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Typhoon Damrey has wreaked havoc in the south central coast of Việt Nam, killing 27 people and leaving 22 others missing by Sunday morning after making landfall on Saturday morning in the central province of Khánh Hòa.
The deaths occurred in the central provinces of Bình Định and Khánh Hòa, and in the Central Highlands provinces of Lâm Đồng and Đắk Lắk and in a sunken ship, while the missing people were in Bình Định and Phú Yên provinces and in a sunken ship, according to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.
The storm destroyed 626 houses, unroofed and damaged 39,704 houses in the region, mostly in Khánh Hòa, Phú Yên, and Đắk Lắk provinces. As many as 4,425 hectares of rice were flooded and 25,212 hectares of crops were ruined. Up to 228 fishing vessels were sunk while nearly 1,500 fishing farms were damaged in Bình Định, Phú Yên, and Khánh Hòa. — VNS
The photos below show the effects of Typhoon Damrey in some central localities:
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| Two women were killed when floodwater washed away a house in Đạ Chais Commune in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng on Saturday. — VNA/VNS Photo Chu Quốc Hùng – Đặng Anh Tuấn |
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| Typhoon Damrey blew the roof off a house on Saturday in Đạ Chais Commune in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng. — VNA/VNS Photo Chu Quốc Hùng – Đặng Anh Tuấn |
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| Panels and signs collapsed in Tuy Hòa City in the central Phú Yên Province on Saturday. — VNA/VNS Photo Thế Lập |
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| Electricity workers in the central Phú Yên Province repair an electricity pole that collapsed in Tuy Hòa City on Saturday. — VNA/VNS Photo Thế Lập |
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| Trees blocked a road in Đà Lạt City in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng on Saturday. About 10 decade-old trees collapsed on eight roads in the inner city on Saturday due to Typhoon Damrey. — VNA/VNS Photo Anh Tuấn |
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| Heavy rainfall causes floods and traffic congestion on Saturday in the Calmette intersection in District 1 in HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo |
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| A fishing vessel in the central Phú Yên Province washed ashore on Saturday. — VNA/VNS Photo Phạm Kha |
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| An excavator submerged in floodwater in Lạc Dương District of the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng on Saturday. — VNA/VNS Photo Chu Quốc Hùng – Đặng Anh Tuấn |
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| Greenhouses in Đạ Chais Commune of the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng were flooded when Typhoon Damrey made landfall on Saturday. — VNA/VNS Photo Chu Quốc Hùng – Đặng Anh Tuấn |
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| Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng monitors the rescue process in central Quy Nhơn Bay on Saturday. — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyên Linh |
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| Residents of the central Huế City travel by boat to get through floodwater on Sunday. — VNA/VNS Photo Quốc Việt |
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