Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi and 128 are missing as flash floods and landslides take their toll.
Vietnam's VNExpress newspaper reported on Thursday that 199 people had died while more than 800 had been injured.
A few paddled along the road in small boats as empty water bottles, a styrofoam cooler and other flotsam drifted by; one man pushed his motorbike toward drier ground in an aluminium sloop. Residents started evacuating the area Tuesday as the flood waters rose, and power and drinking water have been cut since Wednesday.Though he and his family were able to relocate to his parents' house, they have had to take turns guarding the building.Local resident Nguyen Thi Hoa carries food to her home in a flooded street in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, in Hanoi, Vietnam on Thursday, September 12, 2024. "It's very difficult," he said.
Hundreds of rescue personnel worked tirelessly yesterday to search for survivors, but as of this morning 53 villagers remained missing, VNExpress reported, while seven more bodies were found, bringing the death toll there to 42.Australia's Foreign Ministry said it was providing $2 million in humanitarian relief.
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