Typhoon Yagi and the landslides and floods it triggered have claimed at least 127 lives, with 54 others still missing in northern Vietnam, according to the disaster management agency's report on Tuesday.
Most of the fatalities were attributed to landslides and flash floods, the agency detailed. Additionally, nearly 764 individuals have been injured.
The typhoon made landfall on Saturday along Vietnam's northeastern coast, an area known for its significant manufacturing operations by both domestic and foreign companies. By Sunday, it had weakened into a tropical depression, but the meteorological agency cautioned on Monday about the potential for further floods and landslides.
Yagi caused widespread power outages affecting millions of households and businesses, inundated highways, disrupted telecommunications, collapsed a medium-sized bridge, felled thousands of trees, and brought economic activities in numerous industrial hubs to a standstill.
In Haiphong, a coastal city with a population of two million, managers and workers at industrial parks and factories reported on Monday that they were without electricity and were attempting to salvage equipment from plants where metal sheet roofing had been blown away, as more rain was anticipated.
