Overview

• Officials report three dead and at least 13 injured after the storm struck the north‑central coast with winds up to 130 km/h.
• Kajiki weakened to a tropical depression over Laos, yet forecasters say some northern areas could receive up to 150 mm of rain in six hours.
• The government tallied nearly 7,000 homes damaged, about 28,800 hectares of rice inundated, roughly 18,000 trees felled, and 331 power poles downed.
• More than 1.6 million customers lost electricity, with widespread outages across provinces including Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Thai Nguyen and Phu Tho.
• Hanoi streets were submerged and traffic stalled, 27 villages were cut off, and authorities evacuated over 44,000 people as two regional airports closed and the Laos‑China railway halted services.