Vietnam to cancel over 300 flights in response to super typhoon Yagi

HANOI, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) — Vietnam will cancel more than 330 flights on Saturday, including 240 domestic and 70 international flights, as super typhoon Yagi nears, local media reported.
The country will suspend services at four airports, Noi Bai in capital Hanoi, Van Don in Quang Ninh, Cat Bi in Hai Phong and Tho Xuan in Thanh Hoa, during certain hours on Saturday.
Ten localities forecast to be directly hit by the typhoon in the north, including Hanoi, Hai Phong, Thai Binh, Ha Nam, will shut schools on Saturday for 5.6 million students.
Vietnam has deployed 457,460 military personnel along with more than 10,100 vehicles to combat the super typhoon.
Yagi is expected to make landfall on Vietnam’s northern coastline on Saturday, bringing heavy rain of up to 400 mm in volume. ■