HANOI: Typhoon Wipha, the third tropical storm to strike Vietnam so far this year, has killed one and left 15 others missing, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

In northern Thanh Hoa province, a rockslide, whirlwinds and floods sparked by the typhoon killed a 33-year-old man, injured three people, left 15 others missing, and damaged 183 houses, four schools, 17 hectares of forests and many road sections, causing property losses of over 1 billion Vietnamese dong ($43,500), the agency quoted local authorities as reporting.