Floods and landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi have killed four people in northern Thailand, the government said on Wednesday (September 11). Flooding also hit parts of Myanmar and Laos.
In Thailand, two people have died following a landslide in Chiang Mai province and two others in unspecified circumstances in Chiang Rai province, according to natural disaster management officials.
Nearly 9,000 families affected by the floods will soon receive aid, Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said. The Health Ministry said medical staff, volunteers and rescue teams had been deployed to help the elderly.
Some 29 people have died in disasters linked to heavy rains since the start of Thailand’s monsoon season in July, according to Thailand’s Rescue Operations Department. Heavy rain is expected until Tuesday, September 17, the National Meteorological Service warned.
In neighbouring Laos, state media announced that at least one person had died in the floods. Some rivers in the northern province of Luang Prabang have reportedly reached alert level. Houses and shops in the provincial capital, a world heritage site, were inundated, the government said. Laos Post.
In Burma, heavy rains caused major flooding in Tachileik (east), a town on the border with Thailand, disrupting telephone communications, local media and witnesses reported.
143 dead and 58 missing in Vietnam
As Thailand mourns its first deaths linked to Typhoon Yagi, Vietnam on Wednesday reported 143 dead and 58 missing since the powerful storm made landfall near Haiphong on Saturday before weakening on Sunday.
Sixteen provinces and cities remained under threat of landslides and flash floods on Wednesday, although several state media reported that water had begun to recede in some mountainous regions.
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In Hanoi, hit by the worst floods since 2008, state media say police are checking that homes near the river are empty. “All residents must leave”a local police official told Agence France-Presse. “We take them to public buildings that have been converted into temporary shelters or they are taken in by relatives. It has rained a lot and the water is rising rapidly.”
Some 210,000 hectares of crops have been destroyed, officials from Vietnam’s agriculture ministry said. Authorities did not say whether the new death toll took into account the landslide that left 22 dead and 73 missing in Lao Cai province.
Before reaching Vietnam, Typhoon Yagi tore through southern China and the Philippines, killing at least 24 people and injuring dozens.
