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Viet Nam:Typhoon:1998/11

Duration1998/11 A low-pressure front in the south of the South China Sea developed into typhoon Dawn on 19 November 1998. The wind velocity reached 8 to 9 of the Beaufort scale.
Country or DistrictViet Nam
NameTyphoon

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury Material Damage Others
OCHA Situation Report No.1 98/11/24
*As of 23 November, 102 people were reported killed, 14 injured and 2 missing.
*416,428 houses were damaged and 1,321 destroyed.
*The economic loss is estimated at more than USD 18 million.
Govt. Viet Nam Preliminary Report on Typhoon Dawn
People killed: 87
People injured: 8
People missing: 4

Houses flooded: 381,509
Houses collapsed: 608
Houses damaged: 1,128



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