HANOI, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Durian has killed 82 local people, left 12 others missing, and injured over 1,400 people, local newspaper Pioneer reported Monday.

    Southern Ba Ria Vung Tau province has suffered the biggest human loss with 58 deaths and more than 780 injured people, the paper quoted the Central Steering Committee on Flood and Storm Prevention as reporting.

    Durian, sweeping Vietnam's southern and central regions early last week, has also destroyed over 45,800 houses, damaged roofs of nearly 183,000 others, and made over 800 ships and boats sink, causing estimated property losses of 5.2 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (325 million U.S. dollars), said the committee.

    Vietnam is actively preparing to cope with approaching typhoon Utor, which reached the South China Sea on Sunday night.

    In early October, typhoon Xangsane killed or left missing 76 people, and injured 532 others in Vietnam.