Typhoon Ketsana Slams Into Vietnam

[Louisiana1976]

(CBS/AP) Typhoon Ketsana roared into central Vietnam on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people as it brought flooding and winds of up to 90 mph, disaster officials said. Some 170,000 were evacuated from its path.

Ketsana left at least 240 dead across the northern Philippines as a weaker tropical storm.

After gathering strength over the South China Sea, the typhoon made landfall in midafternoon, about 37 miles south of Danang, according to the National Weather Center.

Two people in Quang Nam province were killed by falling trees, and another died when struck by a power line, said Nguyen Minh Tuan, a provincial disaster official.

"The rivers are rising and many homes are flooded, and several mountainous districts have been isolated by mudslides," Tuan said.

<snap>

more...http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/29/world/main5348746.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody