As typhoon Yagi’s impact on Vietnam increased to 226 on Thursday ( 12 September ), according to the government’s disaster agency, as the country’s capital Hanoi’s flood pressure eased.
The Southeast Asian nation is suffering from Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm to strike Asia this time, which made land on Saturday in Vietnam’s northeast coast on Saturday.
More than 100 people remain missing, while some 800 citizens have been injured, the organization said in a statement.
Although the weather bureau later in the day reported that the storm force had eased, while flash floods and landslides continued to affect locations across northern Vietnam, some districts in the investment Hanoi remained flooded on Thursday.
Before moving to a 20-year great, the city evacuated thousands of residents who lived close to the inflamed Red River.
” There’s a lot of grief in the area and there was a lot of worry going into the evening”, said charity Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation co-CEO Skye Maconachie. ” Some people who rarely had everything had lost everything”.
Late on Thursday, the government’s weather forecasting agency reported that Hanoi’s river had reached its maximum and had started to fade.
North of Hanoi, landslides and serious floods are also affecting many areas, condition media reported.
Hoang Van Ty said,” I never thought my property would be this deep,” referring to the depths of the ocean at his residence in Thai Nguyen state.
” My belongings and clothing were all submerged.” Some items were also floating about, but I was fortunate to have them all shut off so no debris fell.