By Khanh Vu and Phuong Nguyen
HANOI (Reuters) – Extreme floods are anticipated to inundate components of Vietnam’s north, together with the capital Hanoi, authorities officers stated, because the aftermath of hurricane Yagi, essentially the most highly effective storm to hit Asia to date this 12 months, continues to extract a lethal toll.
Landslides and floods triggered by the hurricane have killed at the very least 82 individuals and 64 others are lacking within the north, the catastrophe administration company stated on Tuesday in its newest replace on the scenario.
Many of the victims had been killed in landslides and flash floods, the company stated in a report, including that 752 individuals have been injured.
Different northern areas, together with the economic hubs of Bac Giang and Thai Nguyen which host factories of a number of export-oriented multinationals together with Samsung Electronics (KS:) and Apple (NASDAQ:) provider Foxconn are additionally dealing with extreme flooding, state media reported. It was not instantly clear if the businesses had been affected.
The hurricane made landfall on Saturday on Vietnam’s northeastern coast, devastating a big swath of commercial and residential areas and bringing heavy rains that induced floods and landslides. It had beforehand hit the Philippines and the southern Chinese language island of Hainan.
A number of rivers in northern Vietnam have risen to alarming ranges, leaving villages and residential areas inundated, in accordance with the catastrophe company and state media.
A 30-year-old bridge over the Crimson River within the northern province of Phu Tho collapsed on Monday, leaving eight lacking, in accordance with a press release from the provincial Individuals’s Committee.
Authorities have subsequently banned or restricted site visitors on different bridges throughout the river, together with Chuong Duong Bridge, one of many largest in Hanoi, in accordance with state media experiences.
“Water levels on the Red River are rising rapidly,” the federal government stated on Tuesday in a put up on its Fb (NASDAQ:) account.
Utilizing public loudspeakers generally used to broadcast Communist propaganda previously, officers warned residents of the capital’s riverside Lengthy Bien district to be on alert for doable flooding, and to be able to evacuate the world.
Flood waters have already inundated villages on the outskirts of Hanoi, state broadcaster VTV reported, and authorities had been already evacuating residents from there.
Evacuations had been additionally happening from flood-prone areas in Bac Giang province, the federal government stated, the place the hurricane and floods have induced harm estimated for now to be value 300 billion dong ($12.1 million).
Greater than 4,600 troopers have been deployed within the province to assist the evacuation and assist flood victims.
Lao Cai province has reported the very best casualties with 19 individuals killed and 11 lacking, largely in landslides, in accordance with the catastrophe administration company.
Floods have additionally inundated 148,600 hectares or nearly 7% of rice fields in northern Vietnam and 26,100 hectares of money crops and broken almost 50,000 homes in northern Vietnam, in accordance with the company.
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