Asia’s biggest typhoon of 2024 hit multiple countries in Southeast Asia, leaving dozens dead or missing.
While Typhoon Yagi affected several countries, including China, the Philippines, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar, the most significant impacts were in Vietnam, which is the focus of this profile.
Yagi made landfall on Sept. 7 in Northern Vietnam in the coastal cities of Haiphong and Quang Ninh, about 75 miles east of the country’s capital, Hanoi. At landfall, winds reached 90 mph, making it the strongest storm to hit the country in 30 years. Analysts say it could lead to an increased focus on climate change.
Vietnam’s National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said there had been 8.2 to 17 inches of rain in the first 24 hours in some areas, with more rainfall and landslides predicted. While the storm has left Vietnam, heavy rains continue to fall.
Hanoi and its suburbs, as well as many other communities along the Red River, flooded. Low-lying areas were evacuated as water exceeded three feet.
Photo: Flooding from Super Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam. Credit: Thông tin Chính phủ (Government of Vietnam) via Facebook
