Monday, November 26, 2018

Usagi leaves trail of damage, flooding across Vietnam

On the heels of deadly flooding and mudslides from Tropical Storm Toraji, Usagi brought more deadly weather to parts of southern Vietnam on Sunday and Monday.
Usagi briefly strengthened into a typhoon on Saturday before weakening back into a tropical storm as it tracked westward across the South China Sea on Saturday night.
After making landfall near Vung Tao on Sunday morning as a tropical storm, Usagi continued to weaken into a tropical rainstorm.
Damaging winds resulted in tree damage, power outages and damage to weak structures in the vicinity of where it made landfall near Vung Tau. 
According to the VN Express, the popular beach town of Vung Tau was battered by heavy rain and strong winds, resulting in widespread instances of uprooted trees, destroyed roofs and sinking boats along the coast. 
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