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Vietnam escapes damage after typhoon takes heavy toll in Philippines

by Reuters
Tuesday, 26 December 2017 11:08 GMT

A man carries a child on his back as they walk on boulders swept by flashfloods in a village in Salvador, Lanao del Norte in southern Philippines, December 24, 2017. REUTERS/Richel V. Umel

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Vietnam, like the Philippines, is regularly battered by typhoons

HANOI, Dec 26 (Reuters) - A storm that battered the Philippines killing more than 230 people in floods and landslides lost its power on Tuesday as it passed over Vietnam where hundreds of thousands had taken cover.

Vietnam, like the Philippines, is regularly battered by typhoons that form over the warm waters of the Pacific and barrel westwards into land.

The storm entered Vietnamese water but weakened to a tropical depression and did not cause any casualties, the disaster prevention committee said.

The government had ordered that oil rigs and vessels be protected and it warned that about 62,000 fishing boats should not venture out to sea.

(Reporting by Mi Nguyen; Editing by Nick Macfie)

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