Bangkok, Sep 12 (EFE).- The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam roseThursday to 197, with 128 missing, as emergency services searched for survivors in a town buried by a landslide.
The disaster management authority said in its latest report that the vast majority of victims are in the north of the country, with a notable 82 dead in the province of Lao Cai, 34 in Cao Bang and 44 in Yen Bai, while one died in the capital Hanoi.
One of the deadliest incidents occurred Wednesday in the village of Lang Nu after a landslide in the mountainous Lao Cai area, where dozens are feared dead while rescue services continue to search for dozens of missing, state television VTV reported.
There have also been 807 injuries, more than 130,000 homes damaged and 195,000 hectares of rice fields flooded by the typhoon, which made landfall Saturday and was downgraded to a tropical depression Sunday, although it continued to bring heavy rain.
Authorities have also evacuated thousands of people from Hanoi due to flooding that is at risk of worsening due to the high level of water in the Red and Duong rivers.
The Vietnamese meteorological department expects more rain throughout Thursday in the north of the country, which will worsen the effects of Yagi, considered the most powerful typhoon this year in Asia and the worst recorded in Vietnam in three decades.
On its way to Vietnam, the typhoon crossed Friday the Chinese island province of Hainan, where it caused at least two deaths and 92 injuries, and previously crossed the north of the Philippine island of Luzon, where Manila is located. Emergency teams there reported 20 dead, 26 missing and 22 injured.
The storm continued to leave heavy rains and floods in the north of Thailand, where it has caused at least four deaths, and in Myanmar. EFE
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