Vietnam Braces for Typhoon Vamco, 53 Dead in Philippines

The Philippines Coast Guard conducts a rescue operation, after Typhoon Vamco resulted in severe flooding, in the Cagayan Valley region in northeastern Philippines, on Nov. 13, 2020. Philippine Coast Guard/Handout via Reuters

HANOI/MANILA—Vietnam was bracing for Typhoon Vamco to make landfall in the country’s central coast early on Sunday, as the death toll in the Philippines rose to 53 from that country’s deadliest storm this year.

Packing winds of up to 165 kph (103 mph), Vamco is forecast to hit a swathe of Vietnam’s coast from Ha Tinh to Quang Ngai province, the government’s weather agency said on Saturday.