Vietnam Digs Out After Typhoon Molave Leaves 3 Dead, 26 Missing

Residents of central Vietnam are surveying the damage and cleaning up debris after Typhoon Molave smashed coastal regions Wednesday, leaving at least 3 dead, and 26 missing. Quang Ngai and Quang Nam provinces suffered the brunt of the latest deadly storm in a month of extreme weather events that have claimed nearly 150 lives in the Southeast Asian country.

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An empty street is barricaded ahead of Typhoon Molave landfall in Danang, Vietnam, Oct. 28. Typhoon Malove sank a few fishing boats as it approached Vietnam's south central coast on Wednesday morning. (Vo Van Dung/VNA via AP)

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A woman carries her belongings on her return home from a hotel, passing debris along a road, in central Vietnam's Quang Ngai province, Oct. 28, in the aftermath of Typhoon Molave. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana / AFP)

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Cattle stand in a flooded field as Typhoon Molave sweeps through Hoi An, Vietnam, Oct. 28, in this image obtained from social media. (Photo by Loic Diels via REUTERS)

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A couple clears debris outside their house next to uprooted trees in central Vietnam's Quang Ngai province in the aftermath of Typhoon Molave, Oct. 28. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana / AFP)

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Family waits in a shelter as Typhoon Molave lashes Vietnam's coast in Binh Chau village, Quang Ngai province, Oct 28. (Photo by Thanh Hue / REUTERS)

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A man bikes past a broken sign as the Typhoon Molave lashes Vietnam's coast in Binh Chau village, Quang Ngai province Oct 28. (Photo by Thanh Hue / REUTERS)

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Vo Thi Theu (R), 64, clears debris from inside her house after it got damaged in central Vietnam's Quang Ngai province, Oct 28, in the aftermath of Typhoon Molave. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana / AFP)

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A man clears debris inside an eatery in central Vietnam's Quang Ngai province Oct 28, in the aftermath of Typhoon Molave. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana / AFP)

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Men check their smartphones while sitting at a shop after electricity was cut off in central Vietnam's Quang Ngai province Oct 28, in the aftermath of Typhoon Molave. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana / AFP)