Personally, if tyhoon Durian hit t Ho Chi Minh city, there will be hundreds of thousand people will die..No alternative way to escape. .... Must warn people now...
Andy Tang

then there is :

Ho Chi Minh never had and never will have typhoon because It's protect by a huge mountain in Vung TAu city. Some small floods in the past yes but minor.
Dai Viet
Minneapolis, MN

both writing from the states.

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