Power has been restored to over 6.03 million of Vietnam Electricity (EVN)’s 6.1 million customers affected by Typhoon Yagi and subsequent flooding, equating to nearly 99%.
According to the group’s fresh announcement, 1,640 out of the 1,678 medium-voltage power lines that experienced outages due to the storm had been resumed by the afternoon of September 17.
Overall power restoration efforts in the affected areas are nearly complete. In the northern province of Quang Ninh, directly hit by the storm on September 7, electricity has been re-supplied for over 85% of the customers.
Source: Vietnam News Agency