AdvertisementAdvertisementThis aerial view shows floodwaters inundating residential areas after heavy rains brought by Typhoon Matmo in Thai Nguyen city on Oct 8, 2025. (Photo: STR/AFP)08 Oct 2025 03:41PM (Updated: 08 Oct 2025 03:54PM) Bookmark Bookmark WhatsApp Telegram Facebook Twitter Email LinkedInRead a summary of this article on FAST.Get bite-sized news via a newcards interface. Give it a try.Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FASTFAST HANOI: Record floods submerged streets in several communities in Vietnam on Wednesday (Oct 8), with at least eight people killed this week, the government said.Tens of thousands were left stuck at home or fleeing floodwaters that reached the tops of cars and rooftops in areas of Thai Nguyen city, about 80km north of the capital Hanoi.The environment ministry said eight people were killed in flash floods and landslides in Vietnam's mountainous north since Monday, and five others were missing.By Wednesday morning, the weather bureau said the level of the Cau river, running across Thai Nguyen city, was more than a metre higher than the previous record level of 28.81m - when Typhoon Yagi devastated the country in September last year.Overnight Tuesday and Wednesday morning, social media users posted pleas for help as their relatives and friends were left stranded with no electricity and few provisions in the provinces of Thai Nguyen, Cao Bang and Lang Son.Thai Nguyen city is the capital of Thai Nguyen province."Our ground floor (in Thai Nguyen province) was totally flooded. My parents and five kids were stuck, with not enough food and water. No communication since late Tuesday. They need urgent help," Thoan Vu posted online alongside hundreds of similar pleas.Bualoi death toll rises to 51 in Vietnam, banks told to support affected firmsVietnam estimates property damage from Typhoon Bualoi at US$303 millionThe floods followed heavy rain from Typhoon Matmo, which weakened on Monday while approaching Vietnam but hit the north hard.Matmo landed only a week after Typhoon Bualoi triggered widespread flooding, killing at least 56 people and causing economic losses estimated at more than US$710 million."I have never witnessed such a terrible flood since I was born 60 years ago," Nguyen Van Nguyen told AFP from his three-storey house in Thai Nguyen province."There has never been flooding here in my street but now my ground floor is all submerged."The military said it used two helicopters to drop four tonnes of water, instant noodles, dry cake, milk and lifejackets to people in flooded parts of Lang Son province bordering China.Human-driven climate change is turbocharging extreme weather events like typhoons, making them ever more deadly and destructive.Singapore expresses condolences to people in Taiwan affected by Typhoon RagasaTyphoon Matmo strengthens, prompting China to evacuate 150,000 people ahead of landfallSource: AFP/rkNewsletterMorning BriefSubscribe to CNA’s Morning BriefAn automated curation of our top stories to start your day.Sign up for our newslettersGet our pick of top stories and thought-provoking articles in your inboxSubscribe hereGet the CNA appStay updated with notifications for breaking news and our best storiesDownload hereGet WhatsApp alertsJoin our channel for the top reads for the day on your preferred chat appJoin hereAlso worth readingContent is loading...Expand to read the full storyGet bite-sized news via a newcards interface. Give it a try.Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FASTFAST