HCMC – Typhoon Yagi and ensuing flooding and landslides have caused significant devastation in northern Vietnam, with 292 people killed, 38 missing as of 7:00 a.m. today, September 16.
The four provinces that had reported the biggest death toll as of this morning are Lao Cai with 125, Cao Bang with 55, Yen Bai with 53 and Quang Ninh with 25.
The storm has also inflicted an estimated VND40 trillion in damage, the local media reported.
The typhoon, exacerbated by upstream floodwater discharges in major rivers, triggered heavy rainfall, flash floods, landslides and widespread flooding. It affected 26 provinces and cities in the country’s north.
Around 257,000 homes and 1,300 schools were either destroyed or damaged, with substantial losses reported in agriculture and infrastructure.
More than 262,000 hectares of rice and crops has been submerged or destroyed, over 2,250 fish farming cages have been swept away, and nearly 2.3 million cattle and poultry have drowned.
