Hanoi, Nov. 7 -- The initial estimated damage caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi, the 13th storm entering the East Sea this year, had amounted to 7.05 trillion VND (268 million USD) as of 17:00 on November 7, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment's Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority. That comprises 2.05 trillion VND in Dak Lak province and 5 trillion VND in Gia Lai province. Across the central region, this typhoon left five people dead, including three in Dak Lak and two in Gia Lai, three missing in Quang Ngai, and 17 others injured. It destroyed 244 houses, and damaged or unroofed 17,562 others. Twenty-one vessels were sunk by waves, and 44 others broken. A total of 54,335 aquaculture cages, 3,721 hectares of rice ...