Wed, 30 Sep 2009HSH/AKM
Typhoon Ketsana has killed at least 55 people in Vietnam and Cambodia, leaving a trail of destruction before heading towards Laos.
Ketsana hit central Vietnam early Tuesday before moving towards Cambodia.
Tens of thousands of people fled their homes to escape flooding caused by Ketsana, which had already killed 246 when it struck the Philippines over the weekend as a weaker tropical storm.
There were no immediate reports of casualties in Laos, a government spokesman said, but Cambodian police and the Phnom Penh officials said that at least 11 died in the country's northeastern and central regions.
The typhoon brought winds of 117 kilometers per hour when it came ashore in the central province of Quang Nam, and dumped up to 900 millimeters of rain.
Around 6,000 houses, schools and health care centers have been destroyed by floods, wind or landslides.
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