Over a million evacuated as typhoon approaches

Vietnam scrambled Tuesday to evacuate over a million people in its central lowlands as a strong typhoon approached while some regions are still dealing with aftermath of recent killer floods, state media said. VTV foot on Tuesday showed soldiers helping elderly and children in Quang Ngai province evacuate and move furr inland.

Typhoon Molave is forecast to slam into Vietnam's south central coast with sustained winds of up to 135 kilometres (84 miles) per hour on Wednesday morning, according to official Vietnam News ncy. typhoon left at least three people de and 13 missing and displaced over 120,000 villrs in Philippines before blowing toward Vietnam.

Those living in vulnerable, low-lying areas will he to sturdier shelters inland. number of people to be evacuated may shrink as typhoon's path becomes more certain. central provinces of Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Hue were hit hard by severe flooding and landslides that killed 136 people and left dozens missing early this month. Torrential rains are expected in still-flooded and isolated region, Vietnam News said. 

(Im Credits: AP)