Typhoon Kajiki Kills Three, Damages 10,000 Homes Across Central Vietnam

Typhoon Kajiki struck central and north-central Vietnam with sustained winds of up to 133 kilometers per hour, causing widespread destruction, including at least three confirmed deaths and multiple injuries. The storm damaged or destroyed thousands of homes, flooded tens of thousands of hectares of crops, and led to significant power outages affecting over a million residents across multiple provinces. Authorities deployed hundreds of thousands of personnel and thousands of vehicles to aid in emergency response, while evacuations of tens of thousands of people were conducted prior to landfall. Kajiki also triggered flash floods, landslides, and infrastructure damage, including broken electricity poles and submerged roads, severely disrupting transportation and communications. Heavy rains persisted after the typhoon weakened to a tropical depression, causing continued flooding risks and damage in northern Vietnam and neighboring Laos. The typhoon additionally impacted southern China’s Hainan Island before hitting Vietnam, prompting business closures and public transport shutdowns there.