HANOI (Reuters) – Typhoon Yagi and its resulting landslides and floods killed at least 24 people and injured 299 in northern Vietnam over the weekend, the government said, as authorities warned on Monday of more flooding.
The typhoon, the strongest storm to hit Asia this year, made landfall on the country’s northeastern coast on Saturday. It cut off power and communications in several parts of the country, particularly Quang Ninh and Haiphong, the government said in a statement late Sunday.
The weather agency warned on Monday of more flooding and landslides, noting that rainfall ranged from 208 mm to 433 mm (8.2 inches to 17.1 inches) in several parts of the region over the past 24 hours.
“Floods and landslides damage the environment and threaten people’s lives,” the National Center for Hydrological and Meteorological Forecasting said in a report.
In a separate bulletin, the centre said flood risks were particularly high in the provinces of Lang Son, Cao Bang, Yen Bai and Thai Nguyen.