Last Updated on 07/09/2024 by Arun jain
Typhoon Yagi barreled toward Vietnam on Saturday, packing powerful winds and torrential rain that killed at least one person before making landfall. Earlier, the storm hit southern China, where nearly one million people were evacuated and at least two died.
Later Saturday, the typhoon is expected to become the most powerful storm on record to hit northern Vietnam. According to the US Navy, it is forecast to make landfall near the coastal city of Hai Phong before passing Hanoi. Joint Typhoon Warning Center. At least one person was killed in the capital Hanoi on Friday, according to state media.
The storm was the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 132 mph as it moved westward into the Gulf of Tonkin on Saturday morning. The Center said. After losing strength over southern China, the storm has intensified rapidly as it moves towards a “historic landfall”.
Yagi was the most powerful typhoon to hit Henan in a decade, killing two people, according to Chinese state media. State media reported that the storm shook high-rises, blew out windows, overturned trucks, felled trees and flooded homes. According to state broadcaster China Central Television, the storm also washed up more than two tons of rocks from the sea on the sea wall in Xuwen County in Guangdong Province.
Chinese authorities called Yagi “extremely destructive”. more than 830,000 customers lost power and Dozens of people Henan was injured after the typhoon made landfall on Friday. About one million people were evacuated to Henan and Guangdong provinces.
More rain and strong winds were forecast in southern China on Saturday. of China National Meteorological Center Provinces including Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi will receive an additional 16 inches of rain in one day.
More than 18 inches of rain was expected in parts of Vietnam National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said. Vietnamese meteorologists warned of landslides, flooding in small rivers and low-lying areas, and typhoons in coastal areas.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Saturday ordered provinces and cities in northern Vietnam, including Hanoi, a city of 8.6 million people, to prepare for the storm. State media. The directive includes closing schools.
“The strong winds in Hanoi will have a big impact on people’s lives,” said Nguyen Van Huong, head of the meteorological center’s forecasting department. State media. He advised people to avoid leaving their homes, state media reported.
Authorities moved to the city of Nam Dinh, about 45 miles south of Hanoi More than 1,000 people from an old apartment building ahead of Yagi’s expected arrival, according to local news media.
The storm also disrupted travel in Vietnam. The country’s Civil Aviation Authority suspended flights that were scheduled Four airports on Saturday.
Yagi, which formed last weekend in the Philippine Sea, killed at least 20 people In the Philippines. It then intensified rapidly in the South China Sea and became Super typhoonA tropical cyclone in the western North Pacific with winds of at least 150 mph.
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