A pedestrian runs for cover when suddenly the strong wind causes a structure to hit him head-on. This is just one of the shocking images that the Typhoon Yagi after hitting Vietnamwhere it has already caused four dead after receiving at least 22 Lives of Passage in China and the Philippines.
After moving away from the south of the Asian giant, the most powerful typhoon recorded this year on the continent made landfall this Saturday in northern Vietnam, with hurricane wind gusts who dumped containers into the port and even destabilized shipsleaving them half sunk in the sea.
A storm that It tore off roofs, overturned cars and tipped over trucks.in addition to dragging pedestrians along the street, where some had to hold their motorcycles so that they would not fly away, as well as the terraces that were not recovered, as can be seen in the video that illustrates these lines.
Even though the majority of the population has taken refuge in their homes, they have not even ensured their safety since the typhoon. tore out the windows of a houseas the images show, and even the metal door of an establishment that up to three people were trying to hold back.
Yagi also destroyed treetops and power lines, while rain caused flood many districts of Hainan and the collapse of roofs which gave way under the weight of the accumulated water.
The deaths were recorded in the northern provinces of Quang Ninh and Hai Duong, where 78 injured by the effects of the typhoonmainly due to falling trees, according to state media ‘Vietnam Plus’, while some 50,000 people were evacuated and four airports – including Hanoi – are maintaining their suspended operations.
En route to Vietnam, the typhoon passed through the Chinese island province of Hainan on Friday, causing at least two dead and 92 injuredand left more than 1.5 million homes without power the day before. Earlier in the week, as a strong tropical storm, Yagi crossed the northern Philippine island of Luzon, where it left at least 20 dead, 26 missing and 22 injured.
