Officials said a total of 11 boats carrying 221 fishermen from the central city of Danang, Vietnam sank during the typhoon, and at least 150 of the men were unaccounted for. Nguyen Da Luong, a border control officer, said 60 people had been pulled from the water alive and 24 were found dead.
The typhoon brought heavy rain and winds up to 170 kilometers per hour. It was the season's earliest to affect the eastern metropolis of Shanghai for 80 years. The storm caused agricultural losses totaling $5 million in Taiwan.
Wow, 150 people missing? I hope that they can find them, whether they are dead or alive, and send messages to the families. I think the families would rather know what happened, evem if the men turn out to have all died. Hopefully some made it to land and survive.
