On October 3, local authorities and environmental workers continued clearing piles of sand, wood and waste left behind along the beachfront road. Heavy machinery was deployed to speed up the work.
Nearly five days after the storm made landfall, beaches in Sam Son remain littered with debris. Despite the mess, some visitors still braved the dirty shoreline to swim under the hot sun.
The typhoon’s powerful winds uprooted and snapped many trees along the coast, leaving large trunks scattered across the beach. Officials and residents have been cutting and removing them.
The force of the waves also damaged sea walls and pavements on Ho Xuan Huong street, scattering rocks and sand. Near a construction site at the southern end of beach D, part of the road collapsed and suffered serious erosion.
According to local officials, the storm struck at high tide, driving huge volumes of sand onto the road and nearby beachside stalls. Cleanup efforts require excavators to collect and sift the sand from bricks and rubbish before trucks can haul it back to the beach, making the process slow and difficult.
