The death toll of Typhoon Yagi has risen to 152 in Vietnam, according to federal projections, as one of the country’s largest river reaches its highest level in two years, flooding the streets of Hanoi.
By Wednesday, overflow waters from the inflamed Red River had reached a metre high in some of the money, making it difficult for some citizens to use boats to manage their neighborhoods.
Thousands of people have evacuated from low-lying areas of the city and 10 of Hanoi’s 30 operational regions are on “flood alert”, position media reported.
The government claimed that the typhoon’s main cause of death was mudslides and floods throughout north Vietnam, according to the government.
According to Hanoi native Tran Le Quyen,” this is the worst storm I have witnessed.” ” It was clean yesterday night. Then the whole city is flooded. We could n’t sleep last night”.
Yagi, which was immediately categorized as a very tornado, or storms, but afterwards downgraded to a tropical despair, has continued to wreak havoc in Vietnam since making ashore on Saturday.
It has been referred to as Asia’s most powerful storms this time.
” My house is now part of the river”, Nguyen Van Hung, who lives in a village on the lenders of the Red River, told Reuters.
Due to flash floods, a village in northeastern Lao Cai territory was completely destroyed on Tuesday. At least 25 individuals have been confirmed dying, and hundreds of soldiers have been stationed in the community to search for those still missing.
Authorities are also paying close attention to a electricity grow in the northwest of Yen Bai state because a large flows of water into the dam’s reservoir raises concerns that it might collapse.
Nguyen Hoang Hiep, the deputy secretary for crops and rural development, stated on Wednesday that the electricity plant is” safe,” but he urged locals to stay in sanctuary because it might take up to two weeks for the water to fade to an “allowable level.”
Yagi has left a trail of destruction in the country’s northern region over the past four days. On Monday, it collapsed a busy bridge, plunging ten cars and two scooters into the Red River.
It even tore roof from buildings, damaged trees, and left widespread damage to facilities and businesses in the northwest.
When hitting Vietnam, the typhoon left 24 people dying across southwestern China and the Philippines.
Typhoons does increase wind speeds and increase rainfall as the planet warms, according to scientists, but the impact of climate change on specific storms is unclear.
More reporting by BBC Asian