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Anyone wishing to help the people of north Vietnam can link to the Vietnam Red Cross through the following link: https://redcross.org.vn/en/join-the-vietnam-red-cross-in-supporting-people-affected-by-typhoon-yagi.html/ One of the options for assisting is via the global digital fundraising platform iRaiser of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: https://donate.redcrossredcrescent.org/vn/Yagi/ (if you use the English tab at top of the page, making a donation is fairly easy).

Our cruise leaves Singapore on November 3, 2024 and our first stop in Vietnam is on November 10. Living in Florida, we are very familiar with hurricanes and how long it takes to get back to a semblance of normality - which can be well over a year.

Typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm in decades, left a trail of destruction across Southeast Asia last week. The number of people killed in Vietnam by Typhoon Yagi has risen to 226, and another 104 remain missing, according to the government's disaster management agency. The storm has weakened since it made landfall, but Vietnam is still battling landslides and flash flooding, and around 800 people are thought to have been injured. The Red River has surged to its highest level for 20 years and, in Hanoi, widespread evacuations are underway, with people wading through muddy, waist-deep water in a desperate attempt to reach safety. Nearly a week since it made landfall, many farms and villages in northern parts of Vietnam and neighboring Thailand remain under water as communities struggle to cope with severe flooding and the looming threat of landslides. The downpours also inundated Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Rai, submerging homes and riverside villages, making rescue efforts difficult. Has anyone on an Asian cruise heard anything from their cruise line or travel agency on how this may impact upcoming cruises to this area?

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