Two individuals lost their lives in Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province, during flood prevention efforts, while a third person drowned in Hai Lang district. In neighbouring Quang Binh province, four people remain missing as search and rescue operations intensify under improving weather conditions.
The flooding has submerged over 21,000 hectares of rice fields, alongside vast areas of vegetable crops and aquaculture ponds. Tens of thousands of poultry have perished, compounding the agricultural losses. Severe flooding has inundated homes, blocked transport routes, and forced evacuations across lowland and mountainous regions, though river levels are now beginning to recede.
The storm, which has weakened to a severe tropical storm, made its second landfall near Leizhou City in Guangdong Province, China, at 12.30am on Saturday, with winds of up to 30 metres per second and a central pressure of 980 hectopascals. This followed its initial landfall near Dongfang City on China's Hainan Island late Friday night.
Wutip is currently moving northeast at a speed of 20 to 25 km per hour, skirting the border between Guangdong and Guangxi provinces while gradually losing intensity. The storm's impact has highlighted the region's vulnerability to severe weather and the urgent need for disaster preparedness.
Comment: Also in central Vietnam just a day prior to the above report: First in a century: Unprecedented summer flood submerges Vietnam's Hue City - almost 3 FEET of rain in 3 days