Typhoon Mirinae killed one person and injured five others in Phú Xuyên District, Hanoi; and one person was reported missing in Sầm Sơn Town, Thanh Hóa Province. The typhoon also caused serious damage to agriculture and power lines. Nam Định, Thái Bình, Ninh Bình and Hà Nam Province experienced blackouts. Electricity of Vietnam, EVN, is attempting to repair the damage.
yphoon Mirinae, the first storm of the monsoon season, brought heavy rains and high winds. An estimated $5 million dollar’s worth of damage was done to electricity pylons. Power has been restored to main cities in provinces and flood prevention stations.
Le Minh Tuan, Deputy General Director, EVN Northern Power Corporation said: The typhoon was much more powerful than forecasted, and more catastrophic than the level 8 storm in 2012. It has caused serious damage to the power facilities.
According to The Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, nearly 5,600 trees were knocked down, 130 hectares of seafood farming damaged, about 200,000 hectares of rice fields flooded, and nearly 21,000 hectares of crops damaged. Nearly 50,000 hectares of rice fields in Kiến Thụy, Tiền Hải and Kiến Xương districts have been lost. Water drainage systems were deployed to full capacity, however the blackout limited the efforts.
Nguyen Thi Nga, Deputy Director, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Thai Binh Province said: We have considered the conditions of the roots, body and leaf to grow short-term rice crops.
A number of factories in Khánh Phú industrial park in Ninh Bình Province were flooded. Ceramic Long Hầu in Thái Bình Province saw its factory damaged and thousands of products broken. The typhoon also destroyed and flooded many schools and farms in Hưng Yên Province. The total losses are estimated to run into the millions of dollars.
