Overview

• Authorities updated the toll to seven deaths in Vietnam and one in Thailand after landslides and flooding tied to the weakened storm.
• Vietnam’s weather agency said the system has downgraded to a tropical depression over Laos, yet flash‑flood and landslide alerts remain for northern provinces.
• Hanoi saw major urban flooding with streets submerged and traffic paralyzed, even as waters receded unevenly across neighborhoods.
• The government reported damage to nearly 7,000 homes, about 28,800 hectares of rice, roughly 18,000 trees, and 331 power poles, with blackouts affecting around 1.6 million people.
• Officials planned evacuations for up to roughly 600,000 residents and deployed about 16,500 soldiers plus 107,000 paramilitary personnel, while airports and some rail services were suspended.