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Vietnam Evacuates 250,000 Ahead of Typhoon Bualoi After 11 Die in Philippines

Officials ordered airport closures alongside large troop deployments ahead of a projected landfall on the central coast.

Overview

  • Local forecasts put sustained winds near 130 km/h with landfall expected around 7 p.m. local time on Sunday.
  • Danang plans to move more than 210,000 residents, with additional evacuations in Hue and Ha Tinh totaling over 47,000 people.
  • Four airports shut operations as authorities recalled fishing fleets to port and readied 117,000 military personnel.
  • The Philippines reports 11 deaths, 14 missing, and over 200,000 people in shelters after Bualoi struck central islands and prompted about 400,000 evacuations.
  • Biliran accounts for eight fatalities and two missing, with three additional deaths on Masbate and Ticao, as scientists warn warming seas are intensifying storms.