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Viet Nam: Situation Report No. 1 Storm #3 - Mindulle August 25, 2010 - 2pm (Viet Nam time)

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I. Summary

- Early morning, 23 August - a tropical depression in the East Sea (Bien Dong) develops into a tropical storm (#3, Mindulle), affecting the Paracel Islands and rapidly moving to the Viet Nam coast

- 23 August - The Government sent urgent request to provinces to take prevention and preparedness measures and monitor all ships and boats operating in the East Sea to move to safer zones.

- 6-8pm, 24 August - Center of the storm in Nghe An and Thanh Hoa province

- 24-25 August - Rainfall in the morning causes flooding in provinces Thanh Hoa to Thua Thien Hue.

- Early morning, 25 August - Tropical storm weakens into a tropical depression and situated at border of Vietnam and Laos. Flood levels recede.