Vietnam races to prepare for Typhoon Wipha
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PANO - On July 21, the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army sent a dispatch to all agencies and units in the military to carry out comprehensive measures to respond to typhoon Wipha.
Typhoon Wipha has toppled trees and caused major flight disruptions in Hong Kong and at some nearby airports in China as it moved west off the country’s southern coast.
People across Asia have been battling blustery gales, landslides, flooding and heavy rain after Storm Wipha caused havoc across the region. Vietnam is the latest country set to brace for the extreme weather after the tropical storm battered Hong Kong,
Storm No. 3, internationally known as Typhoon Wipha, passed north of China’s Leizhou Peninsula on the morning of July 21 and entered the northern Gulf of Tonkin, posing a growing threat to Vietnam’s northern and north-central coastal regions,
Storm Wipha threatens the region with intense rainfall exceeding 600mm and raises the risk of flash floods and landslides.
VOV.VN - Authorities are urging heightened vigilance as Typhoon Wipha shows similarities in trajectory and strength to Typhoon Yagi, which struck Vietnam in September 2024.