Hanoi: Typhoon Wipha made landfall in northern Vietnam this morning, bringing torrential rains, power outages, and infrastructure damage.

According to Nam News Network, the typhoon struck coastal areas between Hung Yen and Ninh Binh provinces, sustaining maximum winds of 88 km per hour, equivalent to level 8-9 on the Beaufort scale, with gusts reaching level 11, as reported by the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

At around 8:30 a.m., a suspension bridge in Dien Bien province partially collapsed due to prolonged heavy rains, injuring four people, the Voice of Vietnam reported.