Vietnam typhoon death toll passes 250

Rescue workers in Vietnam on over the weekend retrieved more bodies from areas hit by flash floods and landslides, local state-controlled media reported, raising the death toll from Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam to more than 250. Parts of northern Vietnam, including neighborhoods in the capital of Hanoi, remained flooded Friday. The storm, one of the strongest recorded in the region in decades, made landfall Saturday and lashed Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar with heavy rains. Over 50,000 people evacuated their homes in Vietnam to escape the typhoon, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

More than 100 people were still missing and more than 800 had been injured as of Friday, according to the Vietnamese disaster agency. Meanwhile, 123 people believed to be missing amid floods in the northern Lao Cai Province were found alive Thursday, according to local state controlled media.

What relief has been offered? The United States on Wednesday allocated $1 million to Vietnam to support relief efforts following the storm. Australia also promised the equivalent of $2 million in aid and emergency relief supplies including hygiene kits, home repair kits, mosquito nets, and sleeping mats, according to Australia’s foreign affairs minister. Nonprofit organizations including The Intrepid Foundation have also launched efforts to raise support for Vietnamese communities.

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