Tropical Storm Trami Hits Vietnam After Killing Dozens in the Philippines

Tropical Storm Trami made landfall in Vietnam on Sunday, days after causing widespread flooding and leaving at least 80 people dead in the Philippines, officials said.

Trami reached land near the central Vietnamese city of Danang on Sunday. Vietnam’s national meteorological agency said on social media that the storm was producing maximum wind speeds of 55 miles per hour, or 19 m.p.h. below hurricane strength.

The storm had moved west across the South China Sea from the Philippines after killing at least 80 people and injuring 66 others last week, the Philippine Office of Civil Defense said on Saturday. An additional 34 people were still missing, the agency said.

As Trami moved inland across Vietnam on Sunday, the country’s meteorological agency said there was a risk of flooding and coastal landslides. It said that some areas south of Danang, one of the country’s largest cities, were forecast to reach up to 16 inches of rain through Monday night.

See the likely path and wind arrival times for Trami.

Ahead of the storm, flights had been suspended at four airports in central Vietnam, including at the Danang International Airport. But all four were reopened on Sunday, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

Tropical Storm Trami caused widespread flooding in several Philippine provinces, forced over half a million people from their homes, damaged nearly 28,000 houses and led to power disruptions in more than 150 cities and municipalities, officials said. Floodwaters prevented relief workers from reaching some hard-hit areas.

Another tropical storm, Kong-rey, was hovering near the Philippines on Sunday with roughly the same wind speeds, according to the U.S. Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Kong-rey was forecast to brush along the coast of Luzon, the most populous island in the Philippines, on Monday and Tuesday. From there it was expected to head for the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan.

Last month, Typhoon Yagi left at least 24 people dead in China and the Philippines before crossing the South China Sea and making landfall in Vietnam with wind speeds equivalent to those of a Category 3 hurricane. At least 49 people were killed as the storm moved inland