Typhoon Kalmaegi pounds Vietnam
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Vietnam prepares for Typhoon Kalmaegi as Ho Chi Minh City faces severe flooding risks following devastation in the Philippines.
Vietnam is rethinking how it copes with floods after a year of relentless storms collapsed hillsides and left vast parts of cities under water. From mapping high-risk areas to reimagining “sponge cities” that can absorb and release water naturally,
Densely populated Vietnam is vulnerable to typhoons roaring in across the South China Sea. The U.S. military’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) said the storm had gathered strength as it approached Vietnam, upgrading it to a Category 4. Forecasters said Vietnam's low-lying commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City could be hit by flooding.
Floods set off by record levels of rainfall have inundated a large swath of central Vietnam over the past days, with the UNESCO-listed former imperial capital Hue and Hoi An the worst hit.
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