TYPHOON Kajiki, which has weakened to a tropical depression, brought heavy all-night rain to Loei province with Hueang river, a tributary of the Mekong river, on the Thai-Lao border overflowing and flooding homes, Amarin TV said today (Aug. 26).
Torrential rain is likely to continue all day today at Loei municipality leading to this river and streams rapidly rising.
At Ban Mueang Phrae, Na Haeo district, Hueang river, which flows down from the mountains, rose quickly flooding homes on both sides of the border with floodwater being 10 to 40cm.
Residents had already been alerted to move their belongings to higher areas including officials at Na Haeo district immigration checkpoint.
At Ban Pak Man, Dan Sai district, the rising Man and Hueang rivers which converge here rose very high and partially damaged a bamboo bridge used by Thai and Laotian villagers to cross back and forth and if heavy rain continues it will likely collapse entirely.
Loei Governor Chaiphot Charoonpongordered ordered all districts and relevant agencies to monitor the flooding and provide immediate assistance.
Meanwhile Typhoon Kajiki killed at least three people and injured 10 others in Vietnam, authorities said today (Aug. 26) as they warned that heavy rains could cause flooding and landslides, according to a Reuters report published by CNA
The storm damaged nearly 7,000 homes, inundated 28,800 hectares of rice plantings and felled 18,000 trees, the government said in a statement. It also brought down 331 electricity poles, causing widespread blackouts in Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Thai Nguyen and Phu Tho provinces.
Photos on state media showed streets in the capital Hanoi were severely flooded as heavy rains fell this morning.
After making landfall on Vietnam’s north central coast on Monday afternoon, Kajiki has since weakened to a tropical depression as it moved across to Laos this morning, the national weather agency said.
The agency warned that rain will continue in several parts of northern Vietnam, with some areas likely to get up to 150mm of rain in six hours, potentially causing flash floods and landslides.
Before making landfall in Vietnam, Kajiki skirted the southern coast of China’s Hainan Island on Sunday, forcing Sanya City on the island to close businesses and public transport.
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Top and Front Page: Flooding in Loei today, August 26, 2025. Photos: Amarin TV
Insert: Women clear up corrugated iron sheets that flew onto a road after Typhoon Kajiki passed through Nghe An province in Vietnam on August 26, 2025. Photo: AFP/Nhac Nguyen and published by CNA
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