Typhoon No. 3 (Yagi) made landfall at noon on September 7, 2024, with a prolonged storm duration of over 12 hours. The eye of the storm hit Quang Ninh – Hai Phong with the strongest wind speed recorded on land at Bai Chay, Quang Ninh, at 143 mph, gusting to 171 mph. The storm caused extensive damage across the region.
CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE
In the aftermath of Typhoon No. 3, the storm’s rain bands triggered devastating flash floods and landslides in the northern mountainous provinces. On September 10, 2024, a flash flood occurred in the early morning, causing a landslide that flattened a village (Nu Village) in Phuc Khanh commune, Bao Yen district, Lao Cai province. According to reports from Lao Cai, the flash flood and landslide buried the entire village, impacting 35 households and 128 individuals.
Cao Bang province reported that at 1 a.m. on September 9, 2024, a landslide occurred in Lang Sung hamlet, Ca Thanh commune, burying six households with 34 individuals, resulting in seven fatalities. At 5 a.m. on the same day, another landslide struck Lang Ly hamlet in the same commune, burying six households with 38 individuals, leaving two dead and seven missing.
In Khuoi Ngoa hamlet, Ca Thanh commune, at around 5:45 a.m. on September 9, 2024, a landslide occurred at Km180+680 on National Highway 34, causing two vehicles to fall into a gorge, resulting in seven fatalities and approximately 26 missing individuals.
Yen Bai province also experienced terrifying natural disasters due to flash floods and landslides triggered by the typhoon’s rain bands. According to Yen Bai’s reports, prolonged heavy rainfall and flooding resulted in 40 deaths and missing individuals as of September 11, 2024, mainly due to landslides. Additionally, the natural disasters damaged tens of thousands of homes, causing them to be inundated.
According to reports from the affected provinces, as of 5:00 p.m. on September 13, 2024, the typhoon and its rain bands had resulted in 336 deaths and missing individuals (254 deaths and 82 missing). Specifically, Lao Cai reported 172 deaths and missing individuals (111 deaths and 61 missing), including 103 in Bao Yen, nine in Sa Pa, 17 in Bat Xat, seven in Si Ma Cai, 34 in Bac Ha, and two in Van Ban. Cao Bang reported 52 deaths (43 deaths and nine missing), Yen Bai reported 50 deaths (49 deaths and one missing), Quang Ninh reported 22 deaths, Hai Phong reported two storm-related deaths, Hai Duong reported one storm-related death, Hanoi reported one storm-related death, Hoa Binh reported seven deaths due to landslides, and Lang Son reported three deaths due to flash floods and landslides.
The agricultural sector suffered significant losses, with 195,929 hectares of flooded and damaged rice fields. This included 23,870 hectares in Hai Phong, 30,271 hectares in Nam Dinh, 11,000 hectares in Thai Binh, 27,318 hectares in Hanoi, 2,012 hectares in Hung Yen, 20,467 hectares in Hai Duong, 7,928 hectares in Ha Nam, 18,779 hectares in Bac Giang, 4,711 hectares in Bac Ninh, 5,220 hectares in Lang Son, 9,054 hectares in Vinh Phuc, 7,332 hectares in Thai Nguyen, and 4,362 hectares in Tuyen Quang. Additionally, 35,010 hectares of crops were flooded and damaged, with significant losses in Hai Phong, Thai Binh, Hanoi, Hai Duong, Bac Giang, Hoa Binh, Phu Tho, and Lang Son, among others. The storm also impacted 22,237 hectares of fruit trees and destroyed 1,791 fish cages and ponds. In terms of livestock, 2,502 cattle and 1,523,345 poultry were reported dead, with significant losses in Hai Duong, Hai Phong, and Thai Nguyen provinces.
Due to the prolonged duration of the storm and the intense wind speeds, 130,268 houses were damaged, with the most significant impacts in Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Bac Ninh, Lang Son, Bac Giang, and Yen Bai. Many shops, offices, and schools were left with damaged roofs, and numerous advertising signs, telecommunication poles, and mobile transmission stations were toppled. Countless urban trees were uprooted and strewn across roads in Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Hai Duong, and Hanoi.
Additionally, 57,857 houses were flooded, including 959 in Nam Dinh, 6,521 in Hanoi, 21,288 in Yen Bai, 6,614 in Lang Son, 144 in Thanh Hoa, 2,930 in Lao Cai, 5,000 in Thai Nguyen, 342 in Bac Kan, 296 in Son La, 664 in Ha Giang, 10,489 in Tuyen Quang, and 2,604 in Ninh Binh.
On September 9, 2024, the Politburo met to direct the response to the typhoon and floods, and Comrade General Secretary and President To Lam sent a letter of inquiry to the people and soldiers affected by Typhoon No. 3. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has shown particular interest and has consecutively issued five telegrams directing the response to and recovery from the floods, landslides, and inundation.
A WHOLE-OF-SYSTEM RESPONSE
The prevention and control of natural disasters have always been a top priority for the leaders of the Party, State, Government, and Prime Minister, with the entire political system and community working together in harmony.
Before the storm made landfall, the ministries, sectors, and localities completed a massive amount of work. This included checking and guiding 51,319 fishing vessels with 219,913 people to safe harbors, evacuating 52,979 people from fish cages, watchtowers, and weak houses to safe places, pumping and draining water from canals, ditches, and fields, and implementing plans to ensure the safety of 31 critical sea dykes. The Ministries of National Defense and Public Security mobilized 438,275 people and 6,642 vehicles and equipment of all kinds to respond to the storm.
As soon as the storm entered the East Sea on the afternoon of September 5, 2024, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha held an online conference with the ministries, sectors, and 28 northern coastal provinces from Ha Tinh to Bac Bo. On September 6, 2024, a working delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha inspected and directed the response to the storm in Quang Ninh and Hai Phong. A working delegation led by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development inspected and directed the response in four coastal provinces from Quang Ninh to Nam Dinh from September 6 to September 8, 2024. On September 7, 2024, before the storm made landfall, the Prime Minister decided to establish a forward command post and assigned Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha to directly command the response in Hai Phong and coordinate with the northern provinces online.
On September 8, 2024, the Prime Minister inspected and directed the post-storm recovery in Quang Ninh and Hai Phong; Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh did the same in Nam Dinh and Thai Binh; Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long in Hai Duong; Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son in Yen Bai; and Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc in Hoa Binh. On September 9, 2024, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc directed the search and rescue efforts at Phong Chau Bridge in Phu Tho province, while Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long directed the response to the floods in Lao Cai. On the same day, Minister Le Minh Hoan directed the response and recovery efforts in Lao Cai province.
On September 9, 2024, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 943/QD-TTg to provide urgent assistance of 100 billion VND from the central budget reserve in 2024 to five localities to overcome the consequences of Typhoon No. 3.
On September 10, 2024, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh inspected and directed flood prevention work in Bac Giang province. In the afternoon of the same day, the Prime Minister issued Official Dispatch No. 92 on focusing on overcoming the consequences of Typhoon No. 3 and post-storm floods. The Prime Minister requested that the secretaries of the Party Committees, the Chairmen of the People’s Committees of the provinces and cities in the affected areas prioritize the safety and health of the people above all else.
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