Tropical cyclone Kong-rey intensified into a super typhoon on October 30, threatening to cause heavy rains and severe winds in many regions in the northern Philippines, according to the country’s state weather bureau.
More than a week after the devastating flash flood in Lang Nu village, Phuc Khanh Commune, Bao Yen District, Lao Cai Province, the Primary and Secondary School Phuc Khanh No. 1 has welcomed its students back to class, including 107 students from Lang Nu village.
Intense efforts are underway to search and rescue victims of the severe flash flood and landslide in LangNu village, Phuc Khanh commune, Bao Yen district, Lao Cai province. As of 9:25 a.m. on September 12, the death toll in the disaster is 46, the number of injured is 17; 55 people are still missing, while 46 people have been confirmed safe.
The Mexican media have provided continuous updates about super Typhoon Yagi, which hit Vietnam on September 7, and also highlighted Vietnamese people’s resilience in the face of the strongest storm in the East Sea in more than 30 years.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 9 signed an official dispatch demanding food and essential supplies be quickly delivered to the people hit by super typhoon Yagi.
On the morning of September 8, after super typhoon Yagi passed, staff and teachers in many schools in Hanoi are working urgently to clean up and prepare for students' return.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on September 7 morning asked the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting to provide the public with the most accurate possible developments of Yagi, believed to be one of the strongest storms hitting Vietnam so far.
Super Typhoon Yagi is currently about 620km southeast of the northeastern coastal province of Quang Ninh and will make a landfall on September 7, said the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed an official dispatch demanding efforts to be hastened in response to the approaching Typhoon Yagi, which intensified into a super typhoon on September 5 morning.
The Philippines’ rescue force on August 27 said that hundreds of people were forced to leave their homes as floods unleashed by super typhoon Saola swept through mainly rural villages in the northwestern region of the country.
Goni, the 10th storm to reach the East Sea this year, is forecast to make landfall in the central region, which was hit by a number of devastating storms and floods in October.
Meranti, a super typhoon which is now in the northwest of the Pacific Ocean, is moving towards the East Sea, according to the National Centre of Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
Vietnam Airlines announced it will halt more flights to and from Taiwan (China) on July 8 and 9 to ensure passenger safety against super typhoon Nepartak.
