Bualoi Typhoon reaches Vietnam and leaves 8 dead and 17 missing

Bualoi typhoon reaches Vietnam and leaves dead and injured Bualoi Typhoon hit the Vietnam coast on Monday, killing eight people and leaving 17 other missing, while strong winds and rains damaged homes, cut off the power and flooded roads, before the storm lost part of their strength when heading to the laos. Bualoi toured the country’s north-central coast before playing Earth on Monday morning, causing waves up to eight meters high, the National Meteorological Agency said. Seventeen fishermen are missing after giant waves have reached two fishing boats off Quang Tri province, while another boat lost contact during the storm, the government’s government management agency said. “I was awake all night for fear that the door would be torn by the strong winds,” said Ho Van Quynh of the province of Nghe An. Neighbors said they spent the night trying to protect their homes while the energy of the apartment building was cut. “I have witnessed a lot of storms, and this is one of the strongest,” said Nguyen Tuan Vinh, 45. Strong winds killed eight people and injured seven others in Ninh Binh province, Vietnam’s news agency said. One person died after being dragged by the waters of the flood in the city of Hue, and another was killed by the fall of a tree in Thanh Hoa province, according to the disaster management agency. The typhoon advanced on the province of Nghe An towards Laos, with maximum winds weakened at 74 km/h, against 117 km/h when he played Terra, the weather agency said. So far, Bualoi has damaged 245 houses, flooded almost 1,400 hectares of rice and other plantations and has cut access to several areas, the disaster management agency in a report said. No big damage to industrial properties was mentioned in the report, although there are some large factories on the way to Bualoi or nearby, including Foxconn, Luxshare, Formosa Plastics and Vinfast units. Prior to the arrival of the typhoon, the government had evacuated more than 28,500 people, while hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed due to the closing of four airports in central provinces. The cyclone has triggered heavy rains in much of Vietnam since Saturday, and authorities have warned of the risk of severe flooding and landslides. The forecast was that rain in various parts of the country would reach 500 mm between Sunday night and Tuesday, according to the Meteorological Agency. With a long coast facing the southern China Sea, Vietnam is prone to typhoons that often form east of the Philippines, where at least 10 people died after Bualoi’s passage last week. A man walks on a flooded street after the bualoi typhoon reaches the province of Nghe an, in Vietnam, on September 29, 2025. Reuters/Thinh Nguyen

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