Yen Bai Province has been the hardest hit after Typhoon Dianmu swept through northern Vietnam on August 19. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh
Two are missing and thousands of homes have been damaged.
After sweeping through northern Vietnam on August 19, Typhoon Dianmu caused heavy downpours and inundation with flood alert recorded at highest level in Lao Cai and Yen Bai provinces.
As of August 21, seven people have been killed, two are missing and eight injured.
More than 40 houses have been destroyed, 600 are damaged and another 1,500 are submerged. Many roads, including highway 15C through Thanh Hoa Province have been jammed due to flooding and five small bridges have been washed away.
Heavy rains damaged 3,000ha of crops in Hanoi and 2,600ha in Vinh Phuc Province while thousands of livestock were washed away.
Several areas experienced blackouts, especially Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Vinh Phuc, Lang Son and Hoa Binh.
Northern Vietnam has seen less rain and flooding today but the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting says landslide risks remain in Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La, Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa. Flood alert will stay between levels 1 and 2 tonight, meaning low lying agricultural crops may be damaged and lives of communities in such areas could be at risk.
Typhoon Dianmu arrived at Vietnam's coastal provinces on August 19 at a speed of up to 88km/hr and has reduced to a low-pressure system as it made landfall in the evening of the same day.
It's the third typhoon of the season. Typhoon Mirinae, the second to hit Vietnam this year, claimed the lives of seven people, injured 63 and felled about 1,000 trees across the capital just last month.
Vietnam is hit by an average of eight to 10 tropical storms between July and October every year, which often cause heavy material and human losses.
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