- Typhoon Yagi leaves 59 dead in Vietnam
- Floods, landslides, and power outages widespread
- Bridge collapse, bus swept away, rescue ongoing
Typhoon Yagi has wreaked havoc across the country, leaving dozens of people missing, a bridge damaged, and a bus carried away by water.
At least 59 people have perished in Vietnam when the most violent cyclone in decades made landfall.
According to Vietnam’s disaster management office, dozens of individuals have gone missing, largely because of landslides and flooding caused by Typhoon Yagi.
A bustling steel bridge fell on Monday, and millions were left without power after the typhoon slammed on Saturday and was downgraded to a tropical depression on Sunday.
Floodwaters also carried away a bus carrying 20 persons.
According to state media, nine people perished during the storm, and at least 50 more were killed in later floods and landslides.
The meteorological service has warned of additional floods and landslides, and state-run energy company EVN said that more than 5.7 million customers lost power over the weekend. Still, roughly 75% of those impacted had their power restored.
According to local official media, the bridge across the engorged Red River in Phu Tho province collapsed, sending several motorcycles and cars into the water.
Three persons were retrieved from the river and transferred to the hospital during ongoing rescue operations.
Managers in industrial parks and enterprises in Haiphong, a city on the northern coast, reported no power and were attempting to salvage equipment.
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“Everyone is scrambling to make sites safe and stocks dry,” said Bruno Jaspaert, the director of DEEP C industrial zones.
According to a Reuters witness, the walls of an LG Electronics facility fell.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited Haiphong and authorized a $4.62 million (£3.5 million) aid package to help the port city recover.
Yagi also destroyed almost 116,192 hectares of agricultural land, most of which were used to grow rice.
Before arriving in Vietnam, Yagi killed at least 20 people in the Philippines and three in China.
According to Benjamin Horton, director of Singapore’s Earth Observatory, storms like Yagi are “getting stronger due to climate change.
According to him, this is mostly happening “because warmer ocean waters provide more energy to fuel the storms, leading to increased wind speeds and heavier rainfall. “
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