Death toll from Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam rises to 197, 128 missing

Photo: Nhac Nguyen Agence France-Presse River levels have reached their highest level in 20 years and the death toll from the strongest typhoon in decades has surpassed 150, while neighboring countries have also suffered deadly floods and landslides.

Agence France-Presse Hanoi

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The death toll from Typhoon Yagi, which brought floods and landslides to northern Vietnam, has risen to 197, the Vietnamese government announced Thursday.

About 128 people are missing and more than 250,000 hectares of farmland have been destroyed, officials from the Ministry of Agriculture added in an official report. A previous toll had been set at 155 dead on Wednesday.

According to meteorologists, Yagi is the most powerful typhoon to hit northern Vietnam in the last 30 years.

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Photo: Lao National Radio via Agence France-Presse Aerial view of floodwaters surrounding homes in Luang Namtha province, following heavy rains in the wake of Typhoon Yagi. Lao authorities say they have evacuated hundreds of people from 17 villages in the northern part of the province.

Bridges were destroyed, roofs torn off and factories damaged by the storm, which made landfall on Saturday with winds of more than 149 km/h.

The north of the country has since been plagued by massive flooding. Villages are partly under water, while thousands of people have been evacuated.

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In a neighborhood on the outskirts of Hanoi, more than 15,000 people have been affected by flooding.

Farmers are bearing the brunt of the typhoon: around 1.5 million chickens and ducks died after Yagi, as well as 2,500 pigs, buffaloes and cows, according to official data.