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Wipha Weakens to Depression as Floods Kill One, Isolate Northern Vietnamese Villages

Reservoir operators at the Ban Ve hydropower plant began emergency water releases to manage swelling flood levels

Overview

  • Wipha has been downgraded to a tropical depression over northern Vietnam but heavy rains continue to trigger floods and landslides
  • Nghe An province recorded one fatality, one person missing and four injuries after a fallen tree and flash floods swept through the region
  • Nearly 400 households have been evacuated from landslide-prone zones and more than 200 families in Yen Hoa commune remain cut off by damaged roads
  • Floodwaters have inundated hundreds of homes and destroyed crops while power outages and communication blackouts persist in upland communities
  • Northern Thailand also experienced flooding that affected over 350 residents, though no casualties have been reported there