On Tuesday, thousands of individuals were observed in several northern provinces abandoned on rooftops, and others made frantic requests for assistance on social media.
Vietnam’s most potent storm in thirty years, Typhoon Yagi, has devastated the country’s north, knocking out power to 1.5 million people.
Dashcam film from Monday captured the moment the Phong Chau bridge in Phu Tho province collapsed, sending multiple cars into the lake below.
EPA Following typhoon Yagi’s landfall in Hanoi, a woman is seen standing near a fallen tree.
Authorities have cautioned that even though Yagi has already subsided into a tropical depression, it will continue to cause havoc as it moves west.
Living near the river, Phan Thi Tuyet, 50, told the news agency that she had never seen the water this high.
She clutched her two dogs and screamed, “I have lost everything, all gone.”
“In order to preserve our lives, I had to ascend higher terrain. None of the furnishings could travel with us. Now everything is underwater.”
With gusts of around 150 km/h (92 mph), the storm destroyed factories, tore off roofs from buildings, damaged bridges, and caused extensive flooding and landslides. 64 persons are still unaccounted for.
