Cyclone Haiyan Makes Landfall in Vietnam Monday Nov 11,2013

Tropical Storm Haiyan, which killed thousands as a typhoon in the Philippines, has made landfall in north Vietnam, near the China border

The US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) said the typhoon "is currently making landfall'' about 160km/h east south-east of the capital Hanoi

Local Red Cross staff place sand bags on the roof of a house as they prepare for the arrival of super typhoon Haiyan

 

It still carried gusts of up to 157km/h (98 mph) as it arrived close to the Ha Long Bay tourist destination.
Some 600,000 people have been evacuated from at-risk regions in Vietnam and reports say 11 people have been killed.

Vietnam's flood and storm control department said: "We have evacuated more than 174,000 households, which is equivalent to more than 600,000 people."

China issued a typhoon alert for Hainan island, Guangdong and Guangxi after Haiyan's path changed.More than 13,000 people were evacuated from the major tourist resort of Sanya on Hainan.More than 200 flights at Hainan's airports have been cancelled or delayed.
The typhoon has decreased markedly in strength from the Category Five storm that swept through the Philippines in a day, causing mass destruction.
It is now classified as a severe tropical storm.
By 21:00 GMT on Monday, as it heads into China, it will have become a tropical depression.
Rainfall will be the main hazard. A 48-hour accumulation of 100mm to 200mm is expected, with up to 400mm over high ground.
International Federation of Red Cross representative Francis Markus, who is is in Hanoi, told -We need to be thankful that this storm system has weakened as it's hit Vietnam

Coastal towns across the central Philippines have been left devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, which brought gusts of wind of up to 275 km/h (170 mph) and waves as high as 15m (45ft)