Vietnam braced for Typhoon Wipha on Monday as coastal provinces were placed on emergency alert and airlines canceled flights ahead of the storm’s expected landfall early Tuesday.

As of the afternoon of July 21, Typhoon Wipha (Storm No. 3) has intensified to Category 10, with gusts reaching Category 12. The storm’s center was located approximately 120km from Quang Ninh, 260km from Hai Phong, 280km from Hung Yen, and 310km from Ninh Binh. The Bach Long Vi special zone reported gusts at Category 9.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has promptly extended

Storm No. 3, internationally known as Typhoon Wipha, passed north of China’s Leizhou Peninsula on the morning of July 21 and entered the northern Gulf of Tonkin, posing a growing threat to Vietnam’s northern and north-central coastal regions,

Macau gaming regulators ordered casinos to remain open during a weekend typhoon that triggered the highest tropical storm warning.

Britons have been issued a travel warning for Vietnam as the country braces for Storm Wipha. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has today warned the storm is on approach to northern Vietnam,