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Thousands of radical person been evacuated from low-lying areas successful the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, arsenic the Red River surges to its highest level successful 2 decades, flooding the streets.
By Wednesday, flood waters from the swollen stream reached a metre precocious successful parts of the city, forcing immoderate residents to navigate their neighbourhoods by boat.
Power has been chopped to immoderate districts due to the fact that of information concerns, portion 10 of Hanoi's 30 administrative districts are connected "flood alert", authorities media reported.
Vietnam is suffering the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, which battered the north, sidesplitting astatine slightest 179 people. Floods and landslides crossed bluish Vietnam person been the main causes of death, the authorities said.
"This is the worst flood I person seen," Hanoi nonmigratory Tran Le Quyen told Reuters quality agency. "It was adust yesterday morning. Now the full thoroughfare is flooded. We couldn't slumber past night."
Yagi, which was initially categorised arsenic a ace typhoon - the equivalent of a class 5 hurricane - but aboriginal downgraded to a tropical depression, has continued to wreak havoc successful Vietnam since making landfall connected Saturday.
It has been described arsenic Asia's astir almighty typhoon this year.
"My location is present portion of the river," Nguyen Van Hung, who lives successful a neighbourhood connected the banks of the Red River, told Reuters.
An full village, Lang Nu successful the bluish Lao Cai province, was swept distant connected Tuesday amid flash floods. At slightest 30 radical person been confirmed dead, portion hundreds of soldiers person been deployed to the colony successful hunt of those inactive missing.
Hoang Thi Bay, 1 of 63 survivors successful the distant upland community, told the AFP quality bureau that she avoided being swept distant by holding connected to a pillar.
"I looked retired of the model and saw a immense magnitude of onshore coming towards me," she said.
"I ran retired to our kitchen, and clung tightly to a factual pole. Our woody stilt location was destroyed."
Authorities are besides paying cautious attraction connected a hydropower works successful the northwestern Yen Bai province, arsenic a immense inflow of h2o into the reservoir surrounding the dam raises concerns that it whitethorn collapse.
Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep said connected Wednesday that the hydropower works is "safe", but urged residents successful the country to enactment nether shelter, arsenic it whitethorn instrumentality up to 2 days for the h2o to recede to an "allowable level".
Yagi has near a way of demolition successful the country's bluish portion implicit the past 4 days. On Monday, it collapsed a engaged bridge, plunging 10 cars and 2 scooters into the Red River.
It besides tore roofs from buildings, uprooted trees, and near wide harm to infrastructure and factories successful the north.
Before hitting Vietnam, the typhoon near 24 radical dormant crossed confederate China and the Philippines.
Scientists person warned 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.
Additional reporting by BBC Vietnamese
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