Four airports in Vietnam to suspend operations as super typhoon Yagi approaches
Considering the storm's intensity and high level of disaster risk, after discussions and reports from various units, Director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam Dinh Viet Thang has ordered a temporary suspension of aircraft operations at four airports in Vietnam (three in the north, and one in the central region).
Asia's strongest storm this year, super typhoon Yagi, made landfall along the coast of China's Hainan province on Friday, bringing gales and heavy rain which shut schools for a second day and cancelled flights in the South China Sea region.
Packing maximum sustained winds of 234 km per hour (145 mph) near its center, Yagi registers as the world's second-most powerful tropical cyclone in 2024 so far, after the Category 5 Atlantic hurricane Beryl, and the most severe in the Pacific basin this year.
The northern localities of Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Thai Binh, Nam Dinh, and Ninh Binh are predicted to be most heavily impacted by Typhoon Yagi, the third to enter the East Sea this year and considered the strongest hitting the Gulf of Tonkin in a decade, Deputy Director of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Hoang Phuc Lam has said.
Vietnam's Civil Aviation Authority said four airports in the north, including Hanoi's Noi Bai International, would be closed on Saturday due to the storm.
Considering the storm's intensity and high level of disaster risk, after discussions and reports from various units, Director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam Dinh Viet Thang has ordered a temporary suspension of aircraft operations at four airports in Vietnam (three in the north, and one in the central region).
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(Source: VNA)
