Typhoon Conson Toward Vietnam
Liputan6.com, Hanoi: The storm is expected to arrive in Conson Beach Halong Bay in northern Vietnam, Saturday (17 / 7). As a result, a number of tour groups who come to Halong Bay and in areas near the coast this weekend was canceled. The military has evacuated about 150,000 people in the streets.
In addition, the national airline of Vietnam Airlines, said at least four flights arrived and departed from Haiphong will be discontinued this Saturday. Not only that, but fishing boats that sail around the Halong Bay was appealed back to the harbor from the South China Sea.
Typhoons and tropical storms regularly hit the Philippines, China, Taiwan and Japan in the second half, after gather strength from warm waters of the Pacific Ocean or South China Sea before weakening as usual until the ground.
In the province of Hainan, South China, the storm Conson swallowed two casualties. Both were killed by a hit by a falling billboard. Local authorities warned the storm brought heavy rain that Conson, will aggravate the disaster that happened in China recently [read: Conson Storms Hit China, Two Killed]. (Reuters / ASW)