Hanoi. As of Tuesday, the death toll from Typhoon Kaziki in Vietnam has risen to three. Rescue workers were killed as uprooted trees and electric wires brought chaos. Heavy floods and storms have disrupted daily life in many areas, including the capital Hanoi.

On Monday, a typhoon swept through central Vietnam with winds of up to 130 km per hour (80 mph) blowing away the roofs of thousands of homes and leaving more than 1.6 million people without electricity.

As of Tuesday, three people had been confirmed dead and 13 injured. Authorities have issued warnings of flash floods and landslides in eight provinces.

In Vinh, soldiers and rescue workers were using cutting equipment to remove dozens of trees and roof panels that blocked the road. “A large steel roof flew off the eighth floor of a building and fell onto the road, luckily no one was hurt,” said 65-year-old Tran Van Hung.

Vietnam is hit by typhoons every year, but due to climate change, these storms are becoming more intense and unpredictable. Experts have warned that this has increased the possibility of flooding and destructive storms in the tropics.

Nguyen Thi Hoa, 60, from Vinh, said: “We’ve been accustomed to rain and floods, but we’ve never experienced the strong winds and their devastating effects like yesterday. ’

More than 44,000 people have been evacuated from 27 villages in the inner hilly region due to the floods.

Chaos in Hanoi

Heavy rains have submerged roads in the capital Hanoi, disrupting traffic since early morning. “It was impossible to walk this morning, and even the front courtyard of the house is flooded,” said Nguyen Thu Lan, 44.

Another resident, Tran Lu Phuc, said: “I was stuck on the road for more than an hour. Vehicles got stuck in the black water. Both traffic and flooding were terrible. ’

When Kaziki entered Laos in the west, it also brought strong rain there. The Laos-China railway halted all services on Monday and Tuesday, while some roads were cut off, but no deaths were reported.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, more than 100 people have been killed or lost in Vietnam due to natural disasters in the first seven months of this year.

Typhoon Yagi, which struck in September, killed more than 700 people and caused billions of dollars in damage in Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar.