Xangsane downgraded to tropical storm - Houston Chronicle

2006 The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam — Typhoon Xangsane was downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday as it moved inland from the central Vietnam coast, where it injured at least five people, damaged hundreds of homes and caused widespread blackouts, officials said. Heavy rains were expected to continue for the next two to three days, and they could unleash floods and landslides across the region, said Bui Minh Tang, director of the national weather center. The storm, which earlier killed ...