According to the latest figures, storm No 10 claimed 9 lives, left 1 person missing, and injured another 199 in the northern central provinces from Nghe An to Thua Thien Hue.

In addition, the storm destroyed 372 houses, flooded 25,783, removed the roofs of another 194,137, and damaged 795 schools, government offices, hospitals and public buildings.  A total of 816 high, medium and low voltage electricity poles and 1 broadcast antenna were also completely destroyed.

The storm caused an estimated 4,915 billion VND in total damage within just Quang Binh and Thua Thien Hue provinces, of which 4,600 billion VND was in hardest-hit Quang Binh.

A house without its roof in Quang Binh Province

5 hectares of vegetables in Da Nang’s Ngu Hanh Son District were waterlogged, causing an estimated total loss of around 20 million VND.  Landslides occurred on Hoang Sa Street, and on road No 601 in Hoa Vang District’s Hoa Bac Commune.

The National Power Transmission Corporation said that the disrupted 500kV and 220kV power lines linking Ha Tinh with Da Nang have now been repaired successfully.

Vietnam Railways said that by 2 October most of the trains between Ha Noi and Da Nang had begun to operate normally again.  However, railway tracks between Vinh City and Thanh Hoa Province are still flooded, and therefore buses are being used to transfer passengers between Vinh City and Thanh Hoa Province and to move passengers stranded on trains in the 2 localities.

As a result, anyone travelling from Da Nang to Ha Noi will first go by train to Vinh City, then by bus to Thanh Hoa railway station, and finally from Thanh Hoa to Ha Noi by train again.