Vietnam has started evacuating over 100,000 people from the path of Super Typhoon Haiyan, state media said Saturday, after the storm tore across the Philippines leaving scores dead and devastating communities. Haiyan, one of the most intense typhoons on record, slammed into the Philippines on Friday with maximum sustained winds of about 315 kilometres an hour. It is expected to make landfall in central Vietnam early Sunday. Authorities have begun mass evacuations in central Danang and Quang Ngai provinces, the Tuoi Tre newspaper said, as the country goes on high alert in the face of the massive storm. Many schools in the affected area have closed and people from vulnerable low-lying coastal villages are moving to temporary typhoon shelters set up in public buildings on high ground, state media said. -- SPA 15:27 LOCAL TIME 12:27 GMT تغريد
