After hitting Vietnam and weakening to a tropical depression, Kajiki swept westwards over northern Laos, bringing intense rains.
The high-speed Laos-China railway halted all services on Monday and Tuesday, and some roads have been cut, but there were no immediate reports of deaths.
Residents of Luang Prabang, the ancient Laotian capital and a UNESCO world heritage site, said there had been heavy rains but no flooding yet.
“The river is high now, but w’re safe. I think nothing different, it’s going to be like every year,” Bounchan Chantaphone, 38, in Xiengngeun District outside Luang Prabang city, said.
In Vietnam, more than 100 people have been killed or left missing from natural disasters in the first seven months of 2025, according to the agriculture ministry.
In September last year, Typhoon Yagi battered northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar, triggering floods and landslides that left more than 700 people dead and causing billions of dollars’ worth of economic losses.
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