The death toll today due to the typhoon that pummelled central and southern Vietnam rose to 27. <br/><br/>Typhoon Damrey made landfall yesterday with winds of up to 90 kilimetre per hour that damaged more than 40,000 homes, knocked down electricity poles and uprooted trees. <br/><br/>The country's Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention said 27 people were now counted dead and 22 were missing. <br/><br/>It said 626 houses had collapsed entirely and more than 30,000 people have been evacuated. Heavy rain and high winds lashed the coastal strip today. <br/><br/>The storm moved from the coastal area into a key coffee-growing area of the world's biggest producer of robusta coffee beans.

The death toll today due to the typhoon that pummelled central and southern Vietnam rose to 27. <br/><br/>Typhoon Damfrey made landfall yesterday with winds of up to 90 kilimetre per hour that damaged more than 40,000 homes, knocked down electricity poles and uprooted trees. <br/><br/>The country's Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention said 27 people were now counted dead and 22 were missing. <br/><br/>It said 626 houses had collapsed entirely and more than 30,000 people have been evacuated. Heavy rain and high winds lashed the coastal strip today. <br/><br/>The storm moved from the coastal area into a key coffee-growing area of the world's biggest producer of robusta coffee beans.