Hanoi, July 24
Typhoon Wipha has left three people dead, one missing and five others injured in Vietnam, the Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority reported on Thursday.
Among the fatalities, two people were swept away by floods in the central province of Nghe An, while another died in a landslide in the same locality.
The typhoon damaged approximately 720 houses and submerged 3,848 others across northern and central Vietnam.
Nghe An was the hardest-hit province, with more than 9,000 households suffering from prolonged power outages, Vietnam News Agency reported.
On July 22, the typhoon struck coastal areas between Hung Yen and Ninh Binh provinces, sustaining maximum winds of 88 km per hour, equivalent to level 8-9 on the Beaufort scale, with gusts reaching level 11, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
At around 8:30 a.m., a suspension bridge in Dien Bien province partially collapsed due to prolonged heavy rains, injuring four people, the Voice of Vietnam reported.