Thirty people were killed and scores more went missing as a flash flood completely destroyed a village in northern Vietnam on Wednesday. Typhoon and its aftermath dead had reached 155.
A mountain in Lao Cai province unleashed a torrent of water on Tuesday that submerged the hamlet of Lang Nu, home to 35 people, under mud and debris, according to official media VTV in Vietnam.
There are currently only a few dozen known survivors. Thirty dead have been discovered by rescuers, and they are still looking for around sixty-five more.
Typhoon Yagi and its aftermath have resulted in 155 deaths. According to VTV, hundreds of people were hurt and another 141 individuals went missing.
“A hamlet is swept away by a flash flood as Vietnam’s storm death toll approaches 155.”
The majority of the fatalities have been attributed to floods and landslides, with a large number occurring in Lang Nu’s neighbouring province of Lao Cai in the northwest. The province of Lao Cai is also home to Sapa, a well-liked hiking destination.
According to Sapa tour guide Van A Po, landslides and persistent rains have shut many routes in the region. Due to the weather, they have had to cancel all treks and restrict travel.
It scares me a lot, he remarked.
The local economy heavily depends on tourism, and many workers in the sector were left unemployed. Hotel employee Nguyen Van Luong claimed he was unable to drive the 15-kilometer (9-mile) route from Sapa to his hamlet, making it unsafe for him to go home.
“There is severe damage to the road, and landslides could occur at any time.” I should stay here until it’s safe to return home, my relatives advised me.
Dozens were killed on Monday when a bridge collapsed and water carried a bus away.
Ten automobiles and trucks, as well as two motorcycles, were thrown into the Red River when the steel bridge supporting it collapsed in Phu Tho province. In the hilly region of Cao Bang, a landslip carried the bus, which was carrying twenty people, into an inundated creek.
The strongest typhoon to strike the nation of Southeast Asia in many years was named Yagi. On Saturday, it touched down with gusts as high as 149 kph (92 mph). Even if the rain on Sunday lessened, waterways are still dangerously high.
The intense rains also harmed enterprises in the industrial centres of export-oriented northern Vietnam.
According to Benjamin Horton, director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore, storms like Typhoon Yagi are “getting stronger due to climate change, primarily because warmer ocean waters provide more energy to fuel the storms, leading to increased wind speeds and heavier rainfall.”
Source: AP
