Floods inundated swathes of central and southern Vietnam on November 5, 2017 in the wake of a typhoon that left at least 27 dead. Typhoon Damrey, the 12th major storm to hit Vietnam in 2017, made landfall on November 4 with winds of up to 90 kmph that damaged more than 40,000 homes, knocked down electricity poles and uprooted trees.
A ship is pushed ashore in the central Vietnamese Province of Binh Dinh after Typhoon Damrey made landfall on November 4, 2017. The typhoon damaged about 40,000 homes, inundated nearly 30,000 hectares of crops, and damaged or sank 228 fishing ships and boats.
Local residents navigate on a boat as others wade in the flooded tourist town of Hoi An on November 5, 2017, a day after Typhoon Damrey made landfall on central Vietnam. The storm crossed the robusta growing Central Highlands region with winds of up to 90 kmph.
People walk along a flooded road at Hue city in Vietnam on November 5, 2017. Floodwater and landslips have disrupted road and rail transport.
A man walks along a flooded petrol station in Hue city on November 5, 2017. Fairly strong winds the morning before destroyed or damaged several welcome gates and billboards on the key roads along My Son beach at Da Nang city in central Vietnam.
A flooded road in the central Vietnamese Province of Binh Dinh on November 4, 2017. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked relevant forces to mobilise people and vehicles to scout for the missing people, especially in the sea waters of Quy Nhon city.
Cars ride past a damaged electric pole at Tuy Hoa in the central Vietnamese Province of Phu Yen on November 4, 2017. Eighty four flights to some central and central highlands Provinces were cancelled that day.
