The most dangerous storms in Vietnam

Please join us in reviewing the dangerous storms that landed in our country in the past few years.

1. Storm Xangsane

Overview map of the path of the storm.

Typhoon Xangsane (a large elephant) was a powerful storm formed from the Philippine East Sea in late September 2006. When entering Vietnam, it was also known as No. 6 typhoon, strongly affecting the Central provinces.

2. Storm Lekima

On its journey, the storm killed at least 37 people and 24 people were missing.

Instant storm No. 5, on October 3, 2007, the typhoon hit the border area between Quang Binh and Ha Tinh provinces very seriously.

On its journey, the storm killed at least 37 people and 24 people were missing.

3. Typhoon Mekkhala

Storm on Ki Phuong sea, Ha Tinh.

On September 30, 2008, the storm No. 7 went deep into Quang Binh territory with strong winds of level 8, level 9, and shock level 9.

4. Storm Ketsana

Storm No. 9 in Da Nang.

On September 26, 2009, a tropical depression strengthened into a storm bearing the international name Ketsana, ie Vietnam's typhoon No. 9. This is a storm compared to super typhoon Xangsana.

5. Storm Conson

The terrible destructive power of Typhoon Conson.

The first tropical storm in the 2010 Pacific hurricane season, on July 17, the storm center landed in Hai Phong, Thai Binh and Nam Dinh areas with 11, 12 storm levels.

6. Typhoon Haiyan

Haiyan storm was strongest.

Typhoon Haiyan is known in the Philippines as Hurricane Yolanda, or the storm No. 14 in Vietnam, which is one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded. According to the National Committee for Search and Rescue, localities affected by super typhoon HaiYan had 13 deaths and 81 injuries.

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