Typhoon Doksuri makes landfall in central Vietnam

VOV.VN - Typhoon Doksuri has hit central Vietnam with maximum sustained winds of 135 kilometres per hour, blowing off roofs and felling trees and electricity poles.

Photos of downed electricity poles in Thua Thien-Hue Province as a result of Typhoon Doksuri.

Many homes such as those pictured have had their roofs ripped off in central Thua Thien Hue Province.

This home Thua Thien-Hue Province has almost all its metal roofing torn off with only the rafters remaining.

This house in Thua Thien-Hue Province is literally ripped off its foundation and turned upside down by the powerful winds of Typhoon Doksuri.

Above: a billboard blown apart by Typhoon Doksuri lies in the middle of a street in Thua Thien-Hue Province.

The roof of a building lies along the side of a city street.

The brick wall of this building collapses because of the destructive winds of Typhoon Doksuri.

Trees, branches, utility poles and felled power lines snake across the central region.


Rubber trees are uprooted and snapped off in the district of Vinh Linh in central Quang Tri Province.

Two freighters get stuck at Cua Viet Port.

Leaders of Quang Tri Province check critical areas devastated by Typhoon Doksuri.


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Doksuri, the biggest storm to hit Vietnam in many years, is forecast to make landfall in the central region on late September 15 and early September 16, said Hoang Duc Cuong, head of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).