As rescuers battled uprooted trees and downed power lines in Vietnam, the death toll from Typhoon Kajiki has tripled, and widespread flooding caused chaos on the streets of Hanoi’s capital.
On Monday, the typhoon struck central Vietnam, causing thousands of homes to be destroyed and thousands of people to lose power.
Authorities in eight provinces on Tuesday warned of potential flash floods and landslides as a result of Kajiki’s persistent torrential rains, and reported three fatalities and 13 injuries.
Although seasonal typhoons have been a problem for Vietnam for years, human-caused climate change is causing more severe and unpredictable weather patterns.
More than 44, 000 people were evacuated as the storm approached while 27 villages in mountainous inland regions were affected by flooding.
Further north in Hanoi, heavy rain flooded many streets, causing traffic chaos on Tuesday morning.
After severing a tropical depression and hitting Vietnam, Kajiki swept northwestward over northern Laos, bringing heavy rain.
The agriculture ministry reports that more than 100 people have died or been missing in Vietnam as a result of natural disasters in the first seven months of 2025, according to the ministry of agriculture.
More than 700 people were killed and thousands of dollars in economic losses were caused by Typhoon Yagi’s impact on northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar in September last year.
Source: Aljazeera
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