Vietnamese authorities on Tuesday raised the death toll to 65 and 39 missing from Typhoon Yagi, which made landfall on Saturday and weakened the following day although it continued to cause heavy rains, floods and landslides.
Vietnamese Government Television (VTV) reported that according to the latest emergency report, most of the casualties were recorded in the north of the country, particularly in the provinces of Cao Bang and Lao Cai.
In addition, Heavy rains left 750 people injured and damaged some 48,000 homes and 150,000 hectares of rice fields due to Yagi.Considered the most powerful typhoon this year in Asia, it arrived in Vietnam on Saturday with wind gusts of up to 149 kilometers per hour, the portal reported. VN Express.
Although the storm is almost outside Vietnam, the Vietnamese Meteorological Agency has forecast more rain and still maintains the risk of flooding and landslides, according to reports. Efe.
Authorities in Hanoi, where there is currently only one death, warned on Tuesday of the risk of the Red River overflowing in the capital and worsening flooding in some of its streets.
Eight people are among the missing. who fell into a river on Monday after the Phong Chau bridge collapsed in Phu Tho province.
Authorities are investigating the circumstances of the bridge collapse, which caused at least 10 vehicles and two motorbikes to fall, according to Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Pho. VTV after visiting the scene of the incident.
In recent days, Typhoon Yagi has caused damage to Haiphong, a major industrial center with technology companies and two million residents, as well as Hanoi, with a population of 8.5 million.
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En route to Vietnam, the typhoon passed through the Chinese island province of Hainan last Friday, where it killed at least two people and injured 92, and left more than 1.5 million homes without power.
Earlier, Yagi had crossed the northern Philippine island of Luzon, where Manila is located, where emergency teams reported in their latest toll 20 dead, 26 missing and 22 injured.
