75 missing in China typhoon

HANOI, Vietnam: Tens of thousands of people were being evacuated from high-risk areas in central Vietnam on Monday as a typhoon that sank at least two Chinese fishing ships neared the coast.
A total of 75 fishermen are missing after three vessels encountered strong winds near the Paracel Islands, according to a statement on the website of the Hainan government in south China.
Two of the vessels sank Sunday and contact with the third has been lost, it said.