Residents speak to each other as they stand on on the balconies of their partially submerged houses after Typhoon Ketsana hit in Vietnam's central city of Hoi An October 1, 2009. Floods and landslides were expected to hit Vietnam and nearby nations on Thursday after a typhoon cut a destructive path through South East Asia, killing nearly 350 people. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
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