Vietnam: Typhoon Kalmaegi Brings Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain to Central Region

Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall in central Vietnam, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to regions already hit by recent floods. At least one person has died, several are missing, and homes and power lines were damaged. Flooding occurred in Dak Lak and thousands were evacuated as authorities remain on high alert for further floods and landslides.

Vietnam: Typhoon Kalmaegi Brings Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain to Central Region 2

Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall in central Vietnam, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to regions already hit by recent floods. At least one person has died, several are missing, and homes and power lines were damaged. Flooding occurred in Dak Lak and thousands were evacuated as authorities remain on high alert for further floods and landslides.

Ghibli Park's "Mononoke" area opens

Ghibli Park's "Mononoke" area opens

A child goes down a slide shaped like Okkoto-nushi, a boar god that appears in the Princess Mononoke anime film, on Nov. 1, 2023, as the new Mononoke Village area opened within Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. (Pool photo)

Ghibli Park's "Mononoke" area opens

Ghibli Park's "Mononoke" area opens

Visitors snap photos in front of a Tatari-gami curse god statue on Nov. 1, 2023, as the new Mononoke Village area opened within Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. (Pool photo)

Ghibli Park's "Mononoke" area opens

Ghibli Park's "Mononoke" area opens

Mononoke Village, a brand new area in the anime-inspired Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, opens its gates to the public for the first time on Nov. 1, 2023.

Ghibli Park's "Mononoke" area opens

Ghibli Park's "Mononoke" area opens

Mononoke Village, a brand new area in the anime-inspired Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, opens its gates to the public for the first time on Nov. 1, 2023.

Ghibli Park's new "Mononoke" area

NAGAKUTE, Japan, Oct. 25 Kyodo - Video taken during a press preview on Oct. 25, 2023, shows Mononoke's Village, one of two additional areas yet to open, at anime-themed Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Mononoke Village is set to open on Nov. 1. (Kyodo)

Ghibli Park's new "Mononoke" area

Ghibli Park's new "Mononoke" area

Photo taken during a press preview on Oct. 25, 2023, shows Mononoke's Village, one of two additional areas yet to open, at anime-themed Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Mononoke Village is set to open on Nov. 1.

Ghibli Park's new "Mononoke" area

Ghibli Park's new "Mononoke" area

Photo taken during a press preview on Oct. 25, 2023, shows a Tatari-gami curse god statue (front) and a Okkoto-nushi boar god slide in Mononoke's Village at Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Mononoke Village is set to open on Nov. 1.

Ghibli Park's new "Mononoke" area

Ghibli Park's new "Mononoke" area

Photo taken during a press preview on Oct. 25, 2023, shows a real-life recreation of iron town Tataraba in Mononoke's Village at Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Mononoke Village is set to open on Nov. 1.