{"id":23920,"date":"2025-11-11T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=23920"},"modified":"2025-11-10T18:31:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T17:31:33","slug":"three-men-survive-40-hours-at-sea-after-typhoon-kalmaegi-in-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/11\/three-men-survive-40-hours-at-sea-after-typhoon-kalmaegi-in-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Men Survive 40 hours at Sea After Typhoon Kalmaegi in Vietnam."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><strong>LY SON ISLAND, Vietnam (FN)<\/strong> \u2014 Three Vietnamese men were rescued after drifting for more than 40 hours in the open sea following Typhoon Kalmaegi, a powerful storm that battered Southeast Asia last week, killing hundreds and displacing thousands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The men \u2014 Duong Quang Cuong, 44; Le Quang Sanh; and Pham Duy Quang \u2014 were swept away Thursday after Cuong jumped into the water during a family dispute. Sanh and Quang attempted to save him in a small boat, but it capsized in the typhoon-churned waters. All three were carried far from shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Their ordeal unfolded as Kalmaegi made landfall along Vietnam\u2019s central coast, bringing torrential rain, 150 km\/h (93 mph) winds, and storm surges that inundated low-lying areas. The storm, which had already killed more than 200 people in the Philippines, left at least five dead in Vietnam and forced the evacuation of over 100,000 residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Typhoon-Kalmaegi-_-Dramatic-Footage-Shows-Aftermath-of-Philippines-Typhoon.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Typhoon Kalmaegi | Dramatic Footage Shows Aftermath of Philippines Typhoon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The first survivor, Quang, was spotted Saturday morning by the Hai Nam 39 vessel south of Ly Son Island. The ship radioed for help, prompting the An Vinh Express to join the search. Sailor Phan Hau, 40, said his crew was stunned to find Sanh alive hours later, drifting without a life jacket and severely disoriented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAt first, we didn\u2019t recognize him,\u201d Hau said. \u201cWe were searching for red objects, but he was wearing a black shirt. It felt miraculous.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">A video taken by Hau shows Sanh floating alone as crew members shout his name and toss him a life preserver. Hau said Sanh had removed his life vest to wave it at a passing vessel, but it was swept away in the surf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Cuong, the man who initially jumped into the sea, was rescued later Saturday by a third vessel closer to shore. All three men were hospitalized as of Monday. Their conditions were not officially disclosed, but family members said they were recovering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cMy husband\u2019s health is gradually stabilizing,\u201d said Tran Thi Lau, Quang\u2019s wife. \u201cThe happiness was overwhelming. We\u2019re not sure when he\u2019ll be discharged, but everyone is overjoyed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Kalmaegi was Vietnam\u2019s 13th named storm this year and among the most destructive. It forced the closure of six airports, disrupted power to thousands of homes, and triggered landslides in mountainous regions. Authorities deployed more than 268,000 personnel for emergency response and recovery efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The dramatic rescue has become a rare bright spot amid widespread devastation. As cleanup continues, the story of three men lost \u2014 and found \u2014 at sea has captured the nation\u2019s attention and underscored the resilience of both survivors and rescuers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LY SON ISLAND, Vietnam (FN) \u2014 Three Vietnamese men were rescued after drifting for more than 40 hours in the open sea following Typhoon Kalmaegi, a powerful storm that battered Southeast Asia last week, killing hundreds and displacing thousands. The men \u2014 Duong Quang Cuong, 44; Le Quang Sanh; and Pham Duy Quang \u2014 were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":23921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[921,927,924,926,923,920,922,925,919],"class_list":["post-23920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-international","tag-vietnamstorm","tag-40hoursadrift","tag-climatecrisis-2","tag-disasterresponse","tag-extremeweather-2","tag-kalmaegi2025","tag-naturaldisaster","tag-stormsurvivors","tag-typhoonkalmaegi-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Vietnam.webp?fit=640%2C344&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23925,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23920\/revisions\/23925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}