Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit the Southeast Asian country in decades when it made landfall Saturday with winds of up to 92 mph.
The death toll from Typhoon Yagi and its subsequent rain that triggered floods and landslides climbed to 87 on Tuesday as 70 others remain missing and hundreds were injured, state media said. Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit the Southeast Asian country in decades. It made landfall Saturday with winds of up to 92 mph and despite weakening on Sunday, downpours continued. Vietnamese state broadcaster VTV said floods and landslides caused most of the deaths.
Thousands of people were also evacuated in the mountainous province of Yen Bai because of rising floods, local media said, adding that at least 32 people had died and seven were missing. Authorities said over 10,000 homes in the province's eponymous main city were completely inundated with floodwaters. Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation said in a statement hundreds were displaced and isolated in the rocky provinces of Ha Giang and Dien Bien.
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