Portal:Southeast Asia/2006 October 1

October 1, 2006 (Sunday)

Thailand coup d'état: Gen. Surayud Chulanont is appointed interim prime minister of by the ruling military regime. (BBC) Typhoon Xangsane: 76 people are dead and 69 are missing in flooding and landslides, with parts of Luzon and Manila still without power. (AP) The storm hits central Vietnam, including Danang, killing 10 people and injuring more than 130 others. SOS Children has opened its school in Danang as an emergency centre and reports that 25% of the roofs in its village have blown off. SOS(Xinhua) (VietnamNet)