Cleanup after Mirinae is ongoingVietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked ministries and agencies to promptly work on the aftermath of storm Mirinae that hit northern provinces from midnight of Wednesday. In Ha Noi, heaps of branches and leaves from uprooted trees remained along streets until yesterday, waiting for removal. Mirinae, the first storm to hit Viet Nam this year, made landfall with wind speeds of level 11–12 (about 100-130km per hour). About 20,800ha of other crops had been flooded including 8,000ha in Thai Binh, 8,500ha in Nam Dinh and 3,000ha in Ninh Binh. The storm also unroofed thousands of houses, uprooted trees and flooded thousands of hectares of crops, Phong said.

Source: VietNamNet News July 30, 2016 10:30 UTC