The death toll from Typhoon Yagi’s devastation in Vietnam has further risen as the effects of the storm begin to subside.
As search, rescue, and retrieval operations continue across various parts of the country, it has been confirmed that 233 people have lost their lives.
More than 100 individuals, who have been missing for several days, are still being searched for, while over 800 people injured during the typhoon’s onslaught are now recovering in hospitals.
Typhoon Yagi made landfall in Vietnam on Saturday, September 7, and lingered for several hours.
However, heavy rains did not immediately cease across large areas of the country, even after the storm exited, causing sudden floods, landslides, and the collapse of structures.
Several roads were reported damaged during the floods, hindering authorities from transporting heavy equipment to excavation sites in mountainous areas hit by landslides.
Search efforts are still ongoing in the districts hardest hit by the storm, such as Lao Cai Province, Cao Bang Province, and others.
Typhoon Yagi, known as Typhoon Enteng in the Philippines, affected more than two million Filipinos before making landfall as a super typhoon in China, proceeding to Vietnam, and also impacting Thailand.