HANOI, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Floods, with highest waves in the past ten years, have caused at least three deaths in south Vietnam' s An Giang province, the Central Committee for Storm and Flood Control (CCSFC) said Thursday.
High-rise floods, plus the aftermaths of tropical storm Haitang, inundated thousands of local houses and rice fields, along with landslides on local river sides.
In addition, hundreds of kilometers of dykes were also flooded, which threatened rice fields and fish raising ponds.
Soldiers from Military Zone 9 and local policemen, totaling more than 14,000, were sent to reinforce the dykes, protect the local residents and provide rescue when needed.
Meanwhile, the Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Center (HFC) warned localities from northern Quang Ninh to central Nghe An to be ready coping with Typhoon Nesat, which is forecast to arrive on Friday afternoon.
The storm may cause rough seas and heavy rainfall of up to 300 mm, in central coastal and northern provinces, including capital Hanoi.
HFC also said another typhoon, Nalgae, has been forming off the coast of the Philippines and is moving towards Vietnam. It is forecast to become stronger over the next few days, with winds of around 133 kph, and may enter the South China Sea on Sunday.
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