The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Yagi, as well as from the landslides and floods it caused, has reached 82 people, and 64 are missing, Vietnam's disaster management agency said, Reuters quoted. from BTA.
Most of the dead were from landslides and floods, the service said in a report. Caobang province has the most victims – 19 dead and 36 missing.
The storm damaged more than 3,000 houses, 120,000 hectares of rice fields were flooded, and more than 1,000 fishing farms were destroyed.
This is the strongest typhoon to hit Vietnam in the last few decades. It is weakening, but the country's meteorological agency warns that continued rainfall could cause more flooding and landslides.