Tropical storm leaves 4 dead in Vietnam and brings heavy rain to the region

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Heavy rain fell Tuesday in parts of Southeast Asia after a tropical storm made landfall in Vietnam, causing at least four deaths, damage to homes and flooding in the capital and coastal areas.

State television network VTV said the remnants of Typhoon Kajiki were moving over Laos on Tuesday. Heavy rain was also forecast in Thailand and people were told to be vigilant about possible flooding into Wednesday.

Four people died in Vietnam, including a 90-year-old man whose house collapsed in the rain and a man who was electrocuted while preparing his home for the storm, while 13 people were injured and thousands of houses were damaged in the country's central region, VTV reported.

The storm reportedly caused electricity outages in Nghe An province beginning Monday night.

In Hanoi on Tuesday, people tried to move motorbikes through deep water as cars and buses slowly moved along flooded streets.

“It’s flooding everywhere because it has been raining so much. I’m stuck here and can’t get to work,” said Nguyen Thu Quynh, an office worker who pushed her motorcycle out of a street flooded with knee-deep water.

Prior to the storm's landfall Monday afternoon, Vietnam's government said nearly 600,000 people were being evacuated in Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri, Hue and Danang provinces, where more than 152,000 homes were in high-risk areas. More than 16,500 soldiers and 107,000 paramilitary personnel were assisting with the evacuations or were on standby for search and rescue, VTV reported.

Two airports in Thanh Hoa and Quang Tri provinces remained closed Tuesday after flights were halted Monday.

The national weather agency said Kajiki made landfall Monday afternoon in central Vietnam with maximum sustained winds of 117 kph (73 mph). The torrential rain triggered flash flood and landslide alerts. It hit during high tides that caused coastal flooding in Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces.

Kajiki earlier brought winds and rain to China's southern Hainan Island.

In Thailand, the Meteorological Department warned of heavy rain nationwide Tuesday. Residents in foothills and low-lying areas near waterways were warned about possible flash floods and landslides.

Scientists published a 2024 study warning seas warmed by climate change will result in Southeast Asia’s cyclones forming closer to land, strengthening faster and lasting longer, raising risks for cities.

A car is crushed under a fallen tree in the aftermath of typhoon Kajiki in Hanoi, Vietnam Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (Nguyen Quang Hai/VNA via AP)

Streets of the capital city, Hanoi, are flooded due to heavy rain after Typhoon Kajiki passed through Vietnam, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

A woman crosses a flooded street caused by Typhoon Kajiki in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Roofs collapse after Typhoon Kajiki sweeps through Ha Tinh, Vietnam, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (Cong Tuong/VNA via AP)

People cross a flooded street in the rain caused by Typhoon Kajiki in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Streets of the capital city, Hanoi, are flooded due to heavy rain after Typhoon Kajiki passed through Vietnam, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Streets of the capital city, Hanoi, are flooded due to heavy rain after Typhoon Kajiki passed through Vietnam, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Streets of the capital city, Hanoi, are flooded due to heavy rain after Typhoon Kajiki passed through Vietnam, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

A fisherman checks his boat in the rain in Ha Tinh province, Vietnam, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, as Typhoon Kajiki was approaching. (Nguyen Dong/VNExpress via AP)

People push a motorbike through floods from heavy rains in Hanoi, after Typhoon Kajiki passed through Vietnam, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

People push a motorbike through floods from heavy rains in Hanoi, after Typhoon Kajiki passed through Vietnam, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Vote counting was underway Friday in Uganda’s tense presidential election, which was held a day earlier amid an internet shutdown, voting delays and complaints by an opposition leader who said some of his polling agents had been detained by the authorities.

Opposition leader Bobi Wine said Thursday he was unable to leave his house and that his polling agents in rural areas were abducted before voting started, undermining his efforts to prevent electoral offenses such as ballot stuffing.

Wine is hoping to end President Yoweri Museveni's four-decade rule in an election during which the military was deployed and heavy security was posted outside his house near Kampala, the Ugandan capital, after the vote.

The musician-turned-politician wrote on X on Thursday that a senior party official in charge of the western region had been arrested, adding there was “massive ballot stuffing everywhere.”

Rural Uganda, especially the western part of the country, is a ruling-party stronghold, and the opposition would be disadvantaged by not having polling agents present during vote counting.

To try to improve his chances of winning, Wine had urged his supporters to “protect the vote” by having witnesses document alleged offenses at polling stations, in addition to deploying official polling agents.

Wine faced similar setbacks when he first ran for president five years ago. Museveni took 58% of the vote, while Wine got 35%, according to official results. Wine said at the time that the election had been rigged in favor of Museveni, who has spoken disparagingly of his rival.

Museveni, after voting on Thursday, said the opposition had infiltrated the 2021 election and defended the use of biometric machines as a way of securing the vote in this election.

Museveni has served the third-longest tenure of any African leader and is seeking to extend his rule into a fifth decade. The aging president’s authority has become increasingly dependent on the military, which is led by his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba.

Uganda has not witnessed a peaceful transfer of presidential power since independence from British colonial rule six decades ago.

Voters line up to cast their ballots at a polling station, during the presidential election, in the capital, Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Election officials count ballots after the polls closed for the presidential election at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

An election official holds up unmarked ballots during the vote count after polls closed for the presidential election, at a polling center in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

A political representative speaks as he works to observe and verify the counting of ballots after polls closed in the presidential election at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

A supporter of leading opposition candidate Bobi Wine cheers while watching election officials count ballots, after polls closed at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)