Localities overcome consequences caused by storm

According to the central steering committee on flood and storm prevention, as of the afternoon of October 29, the eighth storm landing in Vietnam in 2012 claimed three lives, three missing and injured 13 others.

The eighth storm also destroyed over 5,000 houses; flooded over 6,200 hectares of rice fields; 17,625 hectares of crops; and over 700 hectares of fish farms.

Notably, the storm collapsed a 180-metre television tower in the northern province of Nam Dinh and a 15-metre one in Quang Ninh province.

After the storm, affected localities are overcoming the consequences, helping people stabilize their lives and production.

Pictures of the storm and the struggle to overcome the consequences:

The storm destroyed different parts of Nam Dinh province.

The television tower in Nam Dinh province collapsed.

Hundreds of fish farms and people in Giao Thuy district, Nam Dinh province were swept away.

Many house roofs were blown away.

Thousands of hectares of rice and crops inundated.

Flooded farm properties.

Residents make an effort to salvage belongings.

In Thai Binh province, many trees, houses and properties were damaged by the storm.

Precious trees uprooted.

Torn posters

Environmental staff work hard to clean up the environment after the storm.