Super Typhoon Yagi uprooted thousands of trees, swept ships and boats out to sea and ripped roofs off houses in northern Vietnam yesterday, killing at least three people, after leaving a trail of destruction in Southern China and the Philippines.
The storm made landfall in Vietnam’s Hai Phong and Quang Ninh provinces, packing winds exceeding 149 kilometres per hour, Vietnam’s National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said.
The death toll in Vietnam from storm-related damage rose to four as roofing torn away by Yagi flew through the air, killing three residents of Quang Ninh, state media said. A man in Hai Duong province further inland was killed on Friday when heavy winds brought down a tree.
More than a dozen others, believed to be sailors on fishing boats, are missing.
Before hitting Vietnam, Yagi tore through Southern China and the Philippines, killing at least 24 people.
Around 20,000 people have been evacuated and moved to safer, higher ground in the north of Hai Phong, Thai Binh, and Hanoi, local authorities in Vietnam reported.
