Typhoon hurricane poured radio broadcast column, 2 people died

The broadcast column of Voice of Vietnam radio higher than 100m in Dong Hoi City (Quang Binh) was blown by the wind, causing 2 people to die, one was injured. Typhoon Wutip also injured 26 people, over 5,400 roofs .

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Mr. Mai Xuan Tho, Chief of Police of Dong Hoi City said, around 16h30, when the super-typhoon level 11-12 landed in Quang Binh, the pillar broadcasting over 100m high of the Voice of Vietnam was blown by storms. . Mr. Le Thanh Nghi (41 years old) and Nguyen Chi Thanh (staff of the station) died on the spot, another seriously injured person was being rescued at the hospital.

The secondary broadcasting column of Voice of Vietnam in Dong Hoi collapsed.(Photo: Quang Binh Newspaper)

The storm also broke a telecom broadcasting column in Le Thuy district. In the evening of the same day, the wind and storm had dissipated, but the whole city of Dong Hoi and the surrounding districts lost power, the work of overcoming the storm was difficult.

According to preliminary reports from localities, Typhoon Wutip killed 2 people, injured 26 people, over 5,400 houses were roofed, many trees and electric poles were broken and broken.

By 19:00 on September 30, the rainfall measured in Quang Binh was popular at 100-200mm, there were larger places like Mai Hoa 222mm, Ba Don 249mm, Dong Hoi 328mm. Floods on rivers in Quang Binh are rising.

After landing in the central provinces, 19h on September 30, mind storm Wutip was on the border area of ​​Ha Tinh - Quang Binh and Laos provinces, the strongest wind was 102km an hour (level 10). Crossing the Vietnam-Laos border, the storm weakened into a tropical depression, then moved westward and weakened into a low pressure area, the strongest wind near the low pressure center fell below 39km per hour (level 6).