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Vietnam braces for Typhoon Vamco, 53 dead in Philippines

Philippine Coast Guard conduct a rescue operation after Typhoon Vamco resulted in severe flooding [Reuters]

Vietnam was bracing for Typhoon Vamco to make landfall in the country’s central coast early on Sunday, as the death toll in the Philippines rose to 53 from that country’s deadliest storm this year.

Packing winds of up to 165 kph (103 mph), Vamco is forecast to hit a swathe of Vietnam’s coast from Ha Tinh to Quang Ngai province, the government’s weather agency said on Saturday.

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