DHAKA: Typhoon ‘Nari’ slammed into central Vietnam early on Tuesday, killing five people, ripping roofs of homes and damaging roads.

The storm, which claimed 13 lives in the Philippines over the weekend, tore through the country’s central region, from the tourist town of Hue to Quang Ngai to the south, Vietnam Television reported, says The Straits Times.

Trees were uprooted and thousands of houses had their roofs ripped off while many roads became impassable due to torrential rain, footage showed.

Schools were closed on Tuesday in Danang city, which bore the brunt of the typhoon when it hit packing winds of up to 133 kilometres an hour, state media said.

BDST: 1642 HRS, OCT 15, 2013
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