Typhoon Bualoi brings havoc to Vietnam, killing 13 with 46 injured

Typhoon Bualoi tore through Vietnam's coast on Monday, killing at least 13 people and injuring 46, the government said, while accompanying strong winds and rains damaged homes, snapped power links and flooded roads. Bualoi weakened into a depression heading for Laos after having made landfall early on Monday, and had whipped up waves as much as 8 m (26 ft) high as it moved along the northern central coast, the national weather agency said. Among the missing are fishermen whose boats were washed away off the province of Quang Tri, while another fishing boat lost contact, the government's disaster management agency said. "I stayed awake the whole night, fearing the door would be pulled off by strong winds," said Ho...