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At slightest 127 radical person present died and 54 others are missing successful bluish Vietnam, according to officials, arsenic a ace typhoon which deed connected Saturday continues to bring dense rainfall, landslides and flooding.
Thousands of radical were seen stranded connected rooftops successful immoderate bluish provinces, portion others posted hopeless pleas for assistance connected societal media connected Tuesday.
Typhoon Yagi - Vietnam's astir almighty tempest successful 30 years - has wreaked havoc crossed the northbound of the country, leaving 1.5 cardinal radical without power.
On Monday, dashcam footage showed the infinitesimal the Phong Chau span successful Phu Tho state gave way, plunging respective vehicles into the h2o below.
Although it has present weakened into a tropical depression, authorities person warned Yagi volition make much disruption arsenic it moves westwards.
Phan Thi Tuyet, 50, who lives adjacent to the river, told the AFP quality bureau that she had ne'er experienced specified precocious water.
"I person mislaid everything, each gone," she said, clutching her 2 dogs.
"I had to travel to higher crushed to prevention our lives. We could not bring immoderate of the furnishings with us. Everything is nether h2o now."
The tempest - which brought winds of astir 150km/h (92mph) - has damaged bridges, torn roofs disconnected buildings, damaged factories and triggered wide flooding and landslides, leaving 64 radical inactive missing.
Authorities person present issued flood and landslide warnings for 401 communes crossed 18 bluish provinces.
One-storey homes successful parts of Thai Nguyen and Yen Bai provinces were astir wholly submerged successful the aboriginal hours of Tuesday, with residents waiting connected the roofs for help.
As good arsenic the dormant and missing, flooding and landslides person besides injured astatine slightest 752 people, officials astatine the ministry of agriculture said connected Tuesday.
Before hitting Vietnam, Yagi near 24 radical dormant crossed confederate China and the Philippines.
Meteorologists accidental that arsenic the satellite warms typhoons tin bring higher upwind speeds and much aggravated rainfall, though the power of clime alteration connected idiosyncratic storms is complicated.
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