180,000 people evacuated as Vietnam braces for Typhoon Xangsane - International Herald Tribune

HANOI, Vietnam Vietnam began evacuating more than 180,000 people from its central coast as powerful Typhoon Xangsane approached from the Philippines, where it left at least 63 people dead and about 70 missing, officials said Saturday. "The evacuation, the biggest ever in central Vietnam, must be completed before 5 p.m Saturday," said Van Phu Chinh, head of the regional Flood and Storm Control Department in Danang. The evacuees were from nine central provinces that could be affected by the typhoon ...