US EditionVietnam Death Toll From Typhoon Wutip Rises to Seven
- On June 14, Typhoon Wutip reached the southern coast of China, bringing strong winds with speeds up to 128 km/h, and by June 16, the resulting heavy rains and flooding in central Vietnam had caused seven fatalities.
- By June 9, the system had organized into a tropical depression above the South China Sea and strengthened into Tropical Storm Wutip by June 11, leading to evacuations, school closures, and suspension of transportation services in parts of southern China and Vietnam.
- Vietnam’s agriculture ministry reported a total of seven fatalities, more than 100 homes affected, over 70,000 hectares of farmland submerged, and various roadways—including sections of a national highway—impacted by flooding.
- On June 15, the ministry reported three fatalities in Quang Tri province and two deaths along with two missing individuals in Quang Binh province, while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center predicted that the storm would weaken and dissipate by the weekend.
- Disaster-Related fatalities in Vietnam increased threefold in 2024 compared to the previous year, with specialists attributing this to climate change driven by human activities, which leads to more severe weather events and a higher risk of flooding.
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Typhoon Wutip ravages Asia with strong winds and flooding
Several people have been killed after heavy rains hit parts of Asia over the past week, brought by the latest in a series of typhoons that scientists warn are growing more frequent under climate change. Typhoon Wutip started out as an area of convection west of Micronesia, according to a June 5 weather advisory from the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center. It developed into a low-pressure area the next day, causing heavy rains and fueling the sout…
Vietnam death toll from Typhoon Wutip rises to seven
HANOI: The death toll in Vietnam from heavy rains and flooding caused by Typhoon Wutip has risen to seven, authorities said on Monday (Jun 16). Wutip made landfall in southern China at the weekend with winds gusting up to 128kmh before downgrading to a tropical storm. Seven people have been
Typhoon Wutip killed 5 and 2 people in Vietnam according to a first government assessment, and flooded more than 70,000 hectares of cultivated land.
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