A tropical depression intensifies into a typhoon as Vietnam gets ready for additional flooding, days after Typhoon Yagi’s devastating damage claimed many lives.
Vietnam is preparing for possible floods as it anticipates that a tropical depression will strengthen into a storm that will hit the country’s central coast.
This occurred only a few days after Typhoon Yagi caused catastrophic landslides and floods in the north that claimed the lives of over 290 people.
The depression is expected to intensify into a storm within the next 24 hours, the Vietnamese government warned coastal provinces. Authorities have noted that the “depression is evolving in a complicated manner, with possible changes in course, speed, and strength.” The storm is predicted to bring heavy rains to central Vietnam.
Typhoon Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit Asia this year, and its effects are still being felt throughout the nation. Ten days ago, the hurricane made landfall on Vietnam’s northeastern coast, inflicting damage throughout the area. The hurricane and other natural calamities have killed 291 people, left 38 people missing, and injured around 2,000 more, according to the disaster management agency.
Over 300,000 hectares of rice and cash crops were drowned, 235,000 dwellings were devastated, and industrial activities in the northern regions came to a complete halt.
Vietnam’s weather agency predicts that the next storm will strike the central city of Danang by late Thursday or early Friday. As a result, officials in Quang Nam province, which borders Danang, have warned ships in the sea and are getting ready to launch search and rescue missions.
Vietnam is particularly susceptible to tropical storms, which frequently cause large-scale fatalities and considerable property damage due to its extensive coastline in the South China Sea. As the depression deepens and approaches the country, people are once more preparing for the worst.
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