Overview

• Government figures put the death toll at a provisional 29 with about 22 people still missing and more than 100 injured, as search-and-rescue operations continue.
• Authorities report nearly 170,000 houses damaged or inundated in initial assessments, with 135,000 logged earlier, and losses to agriculture ranging from roughly 25,500 to 34,000 hectares.
• Flights were rerouted or canceled at Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport, many long-distance trains were suspended, and schools closed as residents described the capital’s worst flooding since 2008.
• The national weather agency recorded 24-hour rainfall above 300 millimeters in several areas and warned of ongoing flash-flood and landslide danger as heavy rain persists.
• Bualoi made landfall on Sept. 29 and remained over land for about 12 hours, an unusually long duration that worsened flooding, with several of the missing reported to be fishermen.