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Tropical Storm Linda makes landfall in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths.
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Tropical Storm Linda (1997)
Pacific severe tropical storm and North Indian cyclone in 1997
Severe Tropical Storm Linda, also known as Typhoon Linda, Cyclonic Storm Linda , or in the Philippines as Tropical Depression Openg, and in Vietnam as Typhoon No. 5 of 1997 was the worst typhoon in southern Vietnam in at least 100 years, killing thousands of people and leaving…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mekong Delta
Delta of the Mekong River at its mouth in southern Vietnam
The Mekong Delta, also known as the Western Region or South-western region, is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries. The Mekong delta region encompasses a large portion of south-western…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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