According to the Hanoi Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Control and Search and Rescue, from 7am to 7pm on September 7, storm No. 3 killed one person (a 22-year-old man was killed by a tree on Tran Duy Hung Street, Cau Giay District), and injured three people (in Ba Dinh District).
In Hanoi, 13 cars and 6 motorbikes were damaged; 13 houses had their roofs blown off; some surrounding walls collapsed, irrigation works were damaged; and 17 pumping stations lost power.
Storm No. 3 destroyed nearly 6,145 hectares of rice, nearly 16 hectares of vegetables, 2.2 hectares of fruit trees; flooded 47 hectares of rice, 26.5 hectares of vegetables.
In particular, storm No. 3 caused great damage to trees with 2,800 trees falling.
Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh requested the Departments of Construction, Transport, Industry and Trade, Hanoi Police, the Capital Command and Hanoi Electricity Corporation to focus on handling traffic after the storm, restoring power supply for drainage, production and daily life of the people in the capital.
