Thread: Thais in Vietnam, China Urged to Stay Safe as Typhoon Yagi Hits

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thai authorities have issued a warning for citizens in Vietnam and China to exercise caution as Typhoon Yagi impacts northern and central Vietnam, as well as Guangdong and Hainan provinces in China. Travelers are advised to stay informed of local conditions and strictly follow safety guidelines.


Thai nationals in need of assistance can contact the Embassy of Thailand in Hanoi at 090-454-4800 or 090-611-8188 and the Consulate-General in Guangzhou at (86) 188-1938-6190 or (86) 188-1938-6191. For updates, the Public Relations Department website provides further information at Foreign Office, The Government Public Relations Department

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Must have slowed somewhat, as the expected torrents never happened here.

Well based on the tracker the eye just made landfall. The front is still cruising along. No doubt it will never be a Typhoon here but could be a good heavy rain tropical storm.

Typhoon YAGI Tracking | HurricaneZone

Perhaps the sky isn't falling.

Getting very cloudy out. Maybe rain will be here overnight.

Originally Posted by misskit

Getting very cloudy out. Maybe rain will be here overnight.

Very windy here and rain just started. Not heavy

Downgraded to a tropical depression.

We caught the tail end lots of rain but no heavy winds or damage in my area. Rained all night just easing off now in time for lunch trip.

Hainan got smashed. I'm transferring through the airport there on my next trip to Thailand.

Typhoon Yagi leaves 46 dead in Vietnam, pounds factories


Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm this year, left dozens dead in northern Vietnam and widespread damage to infrastructure and factories as it churned westwards, preliminary government estimates showed on Monday (Sep 9).


Forty-six people have died and 22 are missing, mostly because of landslides and floods triggered by the typhoon, Vietnam's disaster management agency said.


The typhoon made landfall on Saturday on Vietnam's northeastern coast, home to large manufacturing operations of domestic and foreign companies. It was downgraded to a tropical depression on Sunday but the meteorological agency warned on Monday of further floods and landslides.


Yagi cut power to millions of households and companies, flooded highways, disrupted telecommunications networks, downed a medium-sized bridge and thousands of trees and brought economic activity in many industrial hubs to a halt.

Managers and workers at industrial parks and factories in Haiphong, a coastal city of 2 million, said on Monday that they had no electricity and were trying to salvage equipment from plants where metal sheet roofing had been blown away, as more rain was expected.


"Everyone is scrambling to make sites safe and stocks dry," said Bruno Jaspaert, head of DEEP C industrial zones, which host plants from more than 150 investors in Haiphong and the neighbouring province of Quang Ninh.


The walls of a factory in Haiphong of South Korea's LG Electronics collapsed, according to pictures and a Reuters witness.


LG Electronics, a major maker of appliance and consumer electronics, said there were no casualties among its employees and acknowledged damage at its production site noting a warehouse with refrigerators and washing machines had been flooded.


"Lots of damages," said Hong Sun, the chairman of the South Korean business association in Vietnam when asked about the typhoon's impact on Korean factories in coastal areas.

A manager of leased factories confirmed widespread damage to roofs and prolonged power cuts in northern provinces.


A bridge in the province of Phu Tho collapsed on Monday, authorities said.


"This is normally a busy bridge, a key bridge in the province," a senior official of the province's transport department said, adding there were no reports yet on casualties.


Authorities said their initial investigations suggested there were eight vehicles on the bridge when it collapsed.


The weather agency warned of more floods and landslides, and said heavy rain and strong winds were expected late on Monday in the capital Hanoi, a city of 8.5 million people.


State-run power provider EVN said that more than 5.7 million customers lost power during the weekend as dozens of power lines were broken, but electricity was restored on Monday to nearly 75 per cent of those affected.

Typhoon Yagi leaves 46 dead in Vietnam, pounds factories - CNA

Parts of Hanoi remain flooded as Vietnam's typhoon toll nears 200

HANOI: Several Hanoi districts remained inundated on Thursday (Sep 12) with the weather agency forecasting little change in the water levels of the Red River over the next 24 hours, as floods and landslides continued to affect areas in northern Vietnam.
Vietnam is still reeling from the impact of Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm to hit Asia this year, which made landfall on Saturday.


At least 197 people have been killed and 128 missing since the storm struck, according to the government's disaster management agency. About 800 people have been injured.


"High flooding water levels have flooded riverside and low-lying areas, eroded dykes and threatened parts of Hanoi and other northern provinces," the agency said in a report.


The city had earlier evacuated thousands of people living near the swollen river as its waters rose to a 20-year high.


North of Hanoi, deadly landslides and severe floods are still affecting several areas, according to state media reports.

"I never thought my house would be under water this deep," said Hoang Van Ty outside his home in Thai Nguyen province.


"My clothes and furniture are all under the water. Many things were floating around too but luckily I closed the doors so nothing was washed away."


Thai Nguyen province is home to Samsung Electronics' largest smartphone manufacturing plant in Vietnam. Flood waters have receded in some parts of the province, where clean-up efforts are now taking place.


The landslides and floods have inundated more than 200,000 hectares of rice and cash crop fields, according to the disaster management agency.


The typhoon has also disrupted power supplies and blew off the roofs of several factories in Haiphong and Quang Ninh provinces, halting their production.


Several countries, including Australia, Japan and the United States, have announced that they were sending aid to Vietnam.


FLOODING IN LAOS, THAILAND, MYANMAR


Yagi has also inundated a swathe of Laos, Thailand and Myanmar, triggering deadly landslides and widespread river flooding.


The Mekong River Commission, the international body overseeing the crucial waterway, issued a flood warning on Thursday for the historic Laotian city of Luang Prabang.


The Mekong is expected to hit flood levels in Luang Prabang, a UNESCO world heritage site, on Thursday, the commission said in a bulletin.


In Thailand, the death toll has risen to eight, with four more deaths reported from a landslide in Chiang Mai province, according to provincial governor Nirat Pongsitthaworn.


Further north, Mae Sai district on the border with Myanmar is suffering its worst floods in 80 years, Suttipong Juljarern, a senior interior ministry official said in a statement.

The Thai government has mobilised the military to help relief efforts, deploying three helicopters to carry out an aerial survey of the situation.


Buddhist temples, along with hotels and resorts, have opened their doors to accommodate almost 1,000 people flooded out of their homes, the government said.


Flooding in Myanmar is most severe around the junta's sprawling low-lying capital Naypyidaw, while the town of Taungoo is also threatened by rising river levels.


The Global New Light of Myanmar, the state-run newspaper, said train services on the main line between Yangon and Mandalay were suspended because some sections were flooded.

Parts of Hanoi remain flooded as Vietnam's typhoon toll nears 200 - CNA