HanoicTypeface:> At least 22 people have been killed and nearly 200 injured after Typhoon Yagi made landfall in northern Vietnam, authorities said on Sunday, as recovery and relief efforts continued.
The deaths included four people in one family killed early Sunday when their house collapsed, the Search and Rescue Operations Department of Vietnam’s Defence Ministry said in a report.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh convened a video conference with representatives from 26 provinces and cities affected by Yagi to discuss the storm’s impacts.
Authorities reported to Chinh that over 3,000 houses have been damaged, 120,000 hectares of rice paddy fields inundated and more than 1,000 fisheries destroyed and swept away.
A day after Yagi made landfall with strong winds and heavy rain, there were still widespread power outages in parts of the country as crews work to repair hundreds of downed power poles and dozens of damaged transformer stations. (DPA)