The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam rose to 197 on Thursday, with 128 missing.while rescue workers search for survivors in a town buried the day before by a landslide.
The disaster management authority said in its latest statement that the vast majority of victims are in the north of the country, with 82 dead in Lao Cai province, 34 in Cao Bang and 44 in Yen Bai, while there is only one death in Hanoi, among other areas with deaths.
One of the deadliest events occurred in Lang Nu village after a landslide in the mountainous area of northern Lao Cai, where dozens of people are believed to have died while rescue services continue to search for dozens of missing people, state television reported. VTV.
There were also 807 injuries, more than 130,000 homes damaged and 195,000 hectares of rice fields flooded by the typhoon, which made landfall on Saturday and was downgraded to a tropical depression on Sunday, although it continued to leave heavy rains, the ministry’s agency reported. Efe.
Authorities have also evacuated thousands of people from Hanoi due to flooding with risk of worsening due to the high flow of the Red and Duong rivers.
Vietnam’s meteorological service expects more rain throughout the day on Thursday in the north of the country, worsening the effects of Yagi, considered the strongest typhoon this year in Asia and the worst recorded in Vietnam in three decades.
On the way to Vietnam, The typhoon passed through China’s island province of Hainan last Friday, killing at least two people and injuring 92.and had previously crossed the northern Philippine island of Luzon, where Manila is located, where emergency crews reported 20 dead, 26 missing and 22 injured.
Transformed into a tropical depression, The storm continued to cause heavy rains and flooding in northern Thailand.where it left at least four dead, as well as in Burma (Myanmar).
