Authorities stated the hurricane might convey destruction to the capital Hanoi, the place 54 persons are nonetheless lacking.
Flooding in northern Vietnam within the aftermath of Hurricane Yagi compelled tens of 1000’s of individuals to flee their houses, bringing the demise toll from Asia’s worst storm this yr to 127.
Landslides and floods triggered by the hurricane have killed no less than 127 individuals in northern Vietnam and left 54 lacking, the catastrophe administration company stated in an replace on Tuesday.
Many of the victims had been killed in landslides and flash floods, the company stated, including that 764 individuals had been injured.
The hurricane made landfall on Vietnam’s northeast coast on Saturday, destroying massive industrial and residential areas. It has beforehand hit the Philippines and Hainan Island in southern China.
Floods have engulfed almost 18,000 homes and greater than 59,000 individuals in Yen Bai province have been compelled to evacuate their houses, native authorities stated.
Flooding within the capital Hanoi has reached ranges not seen since 2008, state media stated, citing senior native officers, and forecasters warned that extra flooding was anticipated within the metropolis’s historic middle.
“The water stage rose so quick that I needed to depart the whole lot behind,” Nguyen Thi Tham, a 60-year-old resident of a flood-prone space close to Hanoi’s Crimson River, stated by telephone. She will solely take her canine together with her.
She was one in every of many individuals evacuated by boat to security early Tuesday. It’s unclear what number of Hanoi residents will must be evacuated.
A number of rivers in northern Vietnam have reached alarming ranges, flooding villages and residential areas, based on catastrophe reduction businesses and state media.
A 30-year-old bridge over the Crimson River within the northern province of Phu Tho collapsed on Monday, leaving eight individuals lacking.
On Tuesday, northern authorities subsequently banned or restricted visitors on different bridges on the river, together with the Chuong Duong Bridge, one in every of Hanoi’s largest bridges, state media reported.
“Crimson River water ranges are rising quickly,” the federal government stated in a publish on its Fb account on Tuesday.
Speaker warning
Utilizing loudspeakers that used to blast Communist Occasion propaganda, officers warned residents within the capital’s riverside Lengthy Bien district to be alert to potential flooding and to organize to evacuate the world.
Different northern areas, together with the commercial facilities of Bac Giang and Thai Nguyen provinces, additionally confronted extreme flooding, based on state media. It was unclear whether or not Samsung Electronics and Apple provider Foxconn, primarily based in Thai Nguyen and Bac Giang provinces respectively, had been affected.
Evacuations are additionally underway in flood-prone areas of Bac Giang province, the place losses from the hurricane and floods are actually estimated at 300 billion dong ($12.1 million), the federal government stated.
The province has deployed greater than 4,600 troops to assist the evacuation and assist of flood victims.
Vietnam’s Ministry of International Affairs requires China to inform Vietnam upfront when water is launched from the upstream dam.
No less than 19 individuals have been reported lifeless and 36 lacking in Lao Cai province, principally brought on by landslides, based on the catastrophe administration company.
The federal government has not offered an estimate of the hurricane’s harm, however residents of Hai Phong and Quang Ninh, Vietnam’s coastal cities the place the storm first struck, stated that they had “misplaced the whole lot.”
The floods additionally submerged 162,828 hectares (402,357 acres) and 29,543 hectares (73,002 acres) of money crops in northern Vietnam and broken almost 50,000 houses, based on the company.
