HANOI (Reuters) – Typhoon Yagi and the landslides and flooding it triggered killed at least 24 people and injured 299 others in northern Vietnam over the weekend, the government said, as authorities warned of more flooding on Monday.
The typhoon, Asia’s strongest storm this year, made landfall on Saturday on the country’s northeast coast, disrupting power and telecommunications in several parts of the country, mainly in Quang Ninh and Haiphong, the government said in a statement late Sunday.
The weather agency warned of more flooding and landslides on Monday, saying rainfall ranged from 208 millimetres to 433 millimetres (8.2 inches to 17.1 inches) in various parts of the region over the past 24 hours.
“Floods and landslides are damaging the environment and threatening people’s lives,” the National Hydrometeorological Forecasting Centre said in a report.
In a separate bulletin, the center said flood risks are particularly high in Lang Son, Cao Bang, Yen Bai and Thai Ngyen provinces.