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Flooding From Storm Wipha Cuts Off Hundreds in Vietnam

NGHE AN PROVINCE, VIETNAM, JUL 23 – Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Wipha flooded over 3,700 homes and forced 12,500 evacuations, causing landslides and crop damage in central Vietnam, officials said.

  • Tropical Storm Wipha made landfall in central Vietnam on July 22, causing severe flooding in Nghe An province that stranded hundreds of families.
  • The storm’s heavy rainfall led to landslides and flash floods after officials evacuated nearly 12,500 residents in vulnerable zones during the weekend before landfall.
  • Flood waters damaged approximately 720 homes, flooded nearly 3,850 additional houses, caused extended power outages affecting over 9,000 households, and compelled the Ban Ve hydropower plant to discharge water from its storage facility.
  • Authorities reported at least three fatalities, one person missing, and extensive damage to 1,600 hectares of rice fields and 1,290 hectares of cash crops. Local resident Dang Thi Ngoc expressed the severe losses suffered, saying they have been left with nothing but their bare hands.
  • The event highlights Vietnam's vulnerability to typhoons and suggests ongoing risks as heavy rains of up to 250 millimeters were forecast in northern areas, potentially worsening flooding.
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Tropical Storm Wipha has caused flooding and landslides in central Vietnam, killing three people, authorities said. Thousands of people have been evacuated, 3,800 homes are under water across the country and around 95,000 hectares of crops have been destroyed.

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Tropical storm Wipha caused floods that killed three people and disappeared in Vietnam, where nearly 4000 homes were flooded, the authorities announced on Thursday.

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The northern part of the country had already been devastated in September by typhoon Yagi. In 2024, climate disasters claimed three times as many victims as the previous year, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture.

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The tropical storm "Wipha" caused floods that resulted in three deaths and one missing in Vietnam, where nearly 4000 homes were flooded.

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TUOI TRE ONLINE broke the news in on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
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