People in Vietnam are getting no respite in the wake of Asia’s most powerful typhoon this year. They’re being pounded with more torrential rain.
Typhoon Yagi arrived on the weekend, triggering massive landslides and floods in the country’s north. State media say the death toll as of Wednesday stood at 152. At least 100 were missing.
One woman says she has never seen such flooding in more than 20 years, adding that the storm has destroyed her property and those belonging to other people.
Yagi has been downgraded, but the storm’s wake is still highly dangerous. Local media say a flash flood on Tuesday swallowed an entire hamlet in Lao Cai Province. Reports say rescuers recovered 30 bodies.
Residents of the capital Hanoi were cautiously watching the Red River swell rapidly on Wednesday. Yagi wiped out a bridge earlier this week when passing through other provinces upstream.
The remnants of the storm are battering Thailand. Authorities say at least four people died after heavy rains swept through the northern provinces of Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai.
Downpours along the Thai-Myanmar border caused rivers to overflow, inundating markets and residential areas.
Local authorities say water levels are still rising. They’ve told some people to evacuate to higher ground.