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Saturday, 30 September 2006, 17:41 GMT 18:41 UK
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<h2>Vietnam braced for typhoon's fury</h2>


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<B>Vietnam has begun to evacuate more than 180,000 of its citizens ahead of Typhoon Xangsane, which has killed 61 people in the  Philippines.</B>
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The typhoon is due to hit central Vietnam early on Sunday.
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Civil defence agencies say nine of Vietnam's provinces are on alert, with fishing boats called back to port.
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The Vietnamese government was criticised for being slow to react to a typhoon in May, says the BBC's correspondent in Hanoi.
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<b>Homes destroyed</b>
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Then, more than 200 fishermen were killed because fishing vessels had not been warned of the approaching storm.
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Authorities in central Quang Ngai province said they were evacuating thousands of people inland out of danger.
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"The wind is getting stronger and stronger here, we expect the storm to make landfall late tonight or very early tomorrow morning," an official in the city of Danang said.
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Vietnam Airlines said it was not allowing any domestic flights to take off. International flights will take alternative routes to avoid the storm.
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Typhoon Xangsane, packing winds of up to 130km/h (80 mph), pounded central and northern Philippines earlier this week.
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Hundreds of homes were destroyed, and floods have left many roads and bridges impassable. Dozens of people are still missing.
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The typhoon was the strongest to hit the capital, Manila, in 11 years, weather officials said.
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Government offices and schools in Manila remained closed on Friday as emergency crews worked to fix power lines and clear fallen debris.  
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<b>Landslides</b>
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Xangsane was "one of the worst devastations that Manila has experienced," the city's Mayor, Lito Atienza, told local radio.
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President Gloria Arroyo held an emergency meeting with energy and civil defence officials, and ordered a speedy restoration of basic services.
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Some of those killed included a man who fell into a river in central Antique province, and a man hit by a falling tree in Albay province.
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Many other people are missing in the town of General Trias where an irrigation dyke collapsed, a local official told the Associated Press news agency.
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