Twenty-Nine Killed by Typhoon in Vietnam and China

At least twenty-seven people have been killed as Typhoon Kai-Tak strikes northern Vietnam.

It made landfall on Friday and has drowned the country in torrential downpours.

The rain has caused flooding of nearly sixty thousand acres, damaged an estimated twelve thousand houses, and strewn mud slides around the countryside.

State media said that twenty thousand soldiers were working on rescue operations, but actual reports show it to be a far lower number.

In China, two people were killed and two were missing as the typhoon destroyed around four thousand homes.