Typhoon Narra Leaves 56,744 Customers Without Power in Vietnam's North as Flooding Persists
Typhoon Narra and subsequent flooding left 56,744 electricity customers without power in northern Vietnam as of August 24 morning, with Bac Ninh and Lang Son hardest hit.
Original report
en.sggp.org.vn
Industry impact
Persistent flooding above Level 3 alert thresholds on multiple rivers shows how compounding water levels, not just the initial storm, extend infrastructure outages and complicate restoration timelines.
What happened
As of the morning of August 24, some 56,744 electricity customers in northern Vietnam remained without power following damage caused by Typhoon Narra and subsequent flooding, according to the Northern Power Corporation (EVNNPC). Of the 125,003 customers initially affected, EVNNPC had restored electricity to 68,259, or 54.61 percent. By 7 a.m. on August 24, workers had brought back online 17 of 38 affected medium-voltage power lines and 429 of 712 damaged substations, and electricity had been fully restored in Quang Ninh Province.
Power outages remained concentrated in Bac Ninh, where 30,568 customers were still affected, followed by Lang Son with 25,538, Hai Phong with 488, and Thai Nguyen with 150. Authorities said severely flooded conditions in Lang Son, Bac Ninh, and Hai Phong — with water levels exceeding three meters in parts of Lang Son — had forced some power lines and substations to remain temporarily out of service. Electricity companies are conducting 24-hour standby operations and will restore power as soon as safety conditions allow.
Flood levels remained critical on multiple rivers. At 7 a.m. on August 24, the Ky Cung River in Lang Son stood at 256.48 meters, 0.48 meters above the Level 3 flood alert threshold, after peaking at 256.71 meters at 11 p.m. on August 23. The Luc Nam River at Chu in Bac Ninh was at 14.03 meters, 1.02 meters above Level 3, while the Thuong River at Phu Lang Thuong stood at 6.54 meters, 0.24 meters above Level 3, with flooding on the lower reaches of the Luc Nam and Thuong rivers forecast to continue rising over the following six to twelve hours. Reports from northeastern localities showed that 457 houses had been damaged or had roofs blown off, while 3,678 houses were inundated, crop damage extended to 10,585 hectares of rice and 9,206 hectares of other crops, and authorities had addressed 1,023 landslide and inundation sites that disrupted traffic.
Industry impact & what to watch
This is a case of storm damage compounding into a longer flood event: the initial typhoon knocked out substations and lines, but rivers cresting above Level 3 alert levels in the following days are what keeps repair crews from restoring the last stretch of the grid. Power restoration in this kind of event runs in two speeds — crews reconnected over half of affected customers within roughly a day where floodwater had receded, while the remaining outages in Bac Ninh and Lang Son stay tied to river levels rather than repair capacity, since crews cannot safely re-energize submerged substations.
For aviation in the affected region, sustained flooding and disrupted ground infrastructure around Lang Son, Bac Ninh, and Hai Phong point to continued access and power-reliability constraints at facilities in those provinces until river levels fall back under the Level 3 threshold.
The next markers to watch are whether the Luc Nam and Thuong rivers crest within the forecast six-to-twelve-hour window and how quickly EVNNPC can raise the current 54.61 percent restoration rate once floodwaters recede in Bac Ninh and Lang Son.
Who this affects
- Commercial Airports — Airports in the flooded northern provinces face power reliability risk until river levels recede below flood alert thresholds.
- General Aviation Airports — General aviation airfields in the hardest-hit provinces face access and power disruption risk from ongoing flooding.
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