Storm Parma forces evacuation of 30,000 in Vietnam

The government's National Weather Forecast Center says the storm was expected to be downgraded to a tropical depression as it moves along the coastline of northern provinces Wednesday evening.

Rains have been reported in the region, but it's unlikely to unleash major flooding.

Parma killed 375 people and left 48 others missing when it hit the Philippines earlier this month. The system roared back and forth for a week before moving to southern China's Hainan islands earlier this week killing three people there.

In the eastern Philippines, authorities moved about 900 people to safety in Albay province after heavy rains triggered floods and unleashed mud, rocks and boulders from Mayon volcano.

The rains eased by midday Wednesday but officials suspended elementary and high school classes throughout the province as a precaution, according to disaster coordinating officer Cedric Daep.

Two successive storms since Sept. 26 have killed more than 700 people in the northern Philippines.

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