Typhoon Yagi, the strongest tropical storm to impact Asia so far in 2024, has triggered landslides and flash floods that have killed at least 226 people, as reported by Reuters. More than 100 additional people remain missing, while roughly 800 were injured.
Casualties surged this week after a flash food caused by the typhoon on Tuesday wiped out the entire hamlet of Lang Nu in northern Vietnam’s Lao Cai province. Meanwhile several districts in Hanoi were evacuated due to intense flooding, with the city's iconic Red River swelling to a 20-year high. Hoang Van Ty, a Vietnamese citizen whose house was flooded in Thai Nguyen province, which is north of Hanoi, told Reuters that he "never thought my house would be under water this deep."
