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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
James Michelin for MetDesk

Weather tracker: Typhoon Kajiki lashes south-east Asia with fatalities in Vietnam

Two women walk through a flooded street in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Two women walk through a flooded street in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photograph: Luong Thai Linh/EPA

Typhoon Kajiki steadily intensified over the South China Sea last weekend into a category 2 storm with sustained wind speeds of 115mph. It made landfall near the coastal city of Vinh in Vietnam on Monday afternoon, having slightly weakened but still packing a punch with winds of up to 100mph and torrential rainfall.

Kajiki’s wind threat soon faded after landfall, but the flood risk continued into Tuesday and Wednesday as the system moved inland. Parts of central and northern Vietnam, as well as Thailand, experienced 300-400mm of rainfall.

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