The Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) said that as of 5:00 p.m. on September 9, 2024, storm No. 3 had left 71 people dead or missing (49 dead, 22 missing), of which 12 were due to the storm; 53 were due to landslides and flash floods; and 6 were swept away by floods.
There were 732 people injured (including 536 from Quang Ninh, 81 from Hai Phong, 5 from Hai Duong, 10 from Hanoi, 4 from Bac Giang, 7 from Bac Ninh, 9 from Lang Son, 9 from Lao Cai, 4 from Yen Bai, 1 from Cao Bang, 2 from Phu Tho, 1 from Hoa Binh, and 2 from Thanh Hoa). In addition, 85 boats of all kinds sank at their anchorages in Quang Ninh.
Regarding agriculture, 136,228 hectares of rice were flooded and damaged; 26,252 hectares of crops were flooded and damaged; 6,887 hectares of fruit trees were damaged and over 1,536 aquaculture cages were damaged and swept away...
Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Thai Binh, Hai Duong, and Hanoi suffered widespread power and communication outages, with 12 500kV lines, 36 220kV lines, and 161 110kV lines having problems and many low-voltage power poles falling.
Due to the long duration of the storm and the sustained intensity of the storm, very strong gusts of wind damaged 46,548 houses (concentrated in Quang Ninh 20,245, Hai Phong 13,927, Bac Ninh 3,450, Lang Son 2,627,...); many shops, offices, schools had their roofs blown off or damaged; many advertising signs, telecommunication poles, mobile broadcasting stations were broken; urban trees were uprooted and broken along the roads in the provinces and cities of Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Hai Duong, Hanoi,...
It is known that localities are continuing to review and count the damage.
Currently, the storm has weakened into a tropical depression and gradually dissipated over the Northwest region, but its circulation continues to cause heavy rain until September 11 in the Northern provinces, especially the Northwest region.
To soon stabilize people's lives, restore production, and at the same time respond to heavy rain after the storm, it is necessary to continue to strictly implement the Prime Minister's Directive.
