Many flights were delayed at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport Sunday by heavy rain triggered by a tropical depression off the central coast that could intensify in the next few days. A Vietjet Air spokesperson said four flights were diverted to Cam Ranh, Da Lat and Can Tho Sunday afternoon due to heavy rain and strong winds at Tan Son Nhat Airport. A projection of the tropical depression on Vietnam's East Sea. Photo credit: NCHMF Heavy rain that began at around 1 p.m. also inundated parts of Tan Son Nhat Airport. The tropical depression lay centered some 220 km north-northwest of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands at 4 a.m. Monday.

Source: Thanhnien News September 12, 2016 03:33 UTC