Typhoon batters Vietnam and Cambodia

Typhoon batters Vietnam and Cambodia

Vietnam and Cambodia are still battling rising floodwaters after a typhoon cut a destructive path through South East Asia, killing about 300 people.

Thailand is also mobilising troops to provide humanitarian assistance, as it anticipates floods from Typhoon Ketsana, which first struck the Philippines at the weekend, killing 246 people.

Vietnamese government reports said 40 people were killed by Ketsana, which swept into Vietnam late on Tuesday, while Cambodian authorities put the death toll there at 11.

Weather reports are saying that by later on Wednesday, rivers in Vietnam's Quang Nam province could reach a level last seen in 1964.

The typhoon spared most of Daklak, Vietnam's top coffee-growing province, and officials were still assessing coffee and rubber trees in Gia Lai, the third-largest coffee grower.

The region hit by Ketsana lies far north of Vietnam's Mekong Delta rice basket.

The storm has become a focus of marathon climate talks in Bangkok this week, with developing nations and green groups saying it is an example of the type of climate disaster poor nations could face in a warmer world.

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