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Issued: 0700 Thursday 5th October 2006
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Vietnam flying boy survives typhoon
HANOI, Oct 4, 2006 (AFP) - A 13-month-old boy in Vietnam survived devastating Typhoon Xangsane after flying away in his cradle over a two-storey building, a local doctor said Wednesday.
Little Le Ngoc Dong was sleeping in a cradle hanging from a roof beam when he was taken away as the powerful typhoon hit Danang city and several other central provinces on Sunday morning.
"His father saw the cradle flying away, above a two-storey school building nearby," said a doctor from Thanh Khe district hospital, refusing to be named.
The flying baby boy was found stuck in waterplants in a pond, 150 meters from his home, the doctor said.
"It is a miracle. He suffered from very small head injuries," she said. According to state-run Thanh Nien newspaper, Dong's family is now staying in the hospital as the house was completely destroyed.
The death toll in the country rose on Wednesday to 52 with another seven people missing, officials said. **ends**