Typhoon Yagi devastates parts of Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar as photos show communities under water
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Soldiers helped residents of Myanmar’s Naypyidaw region evacuate floodwaters on Friday after heavy rains following Typhoon Yagi. (Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images)
Typhoon Yagi tore through Southeast Asia this week, bringing heavy rains that have caused landslides and flooding, killing hundreds of people.
In Vietnam, the death toll rose to over 230 on Friday, while nearly 800 people were injured and more than 100 were missing, Vietnam’s disaster management agency said.
Many missing people were reported in Lao Cai province, where a flash flood wiped out the entire hamlet of Lang Nu.
A drone footage shows a flooded village in Chiang Rai in Thailand’s northern province on Friday. (Anupong Intawong/Reuters)
In the capital, Hanoi, floodwaters from the swollen Red River “were beginning to recede,” the Associated Press reported. “But many neighborhoods remained inundated and further north, experts predicted it could be days before any relief is in sight.”
Yagi made landfall in Vietnam on Saturday, causing flooding and landslides in northern Thailand, Laos and northeastern Myanmar.
Photos taken after the storm show residents wading through chest-high water as rescuers use buckets to pull children and others to safety.
Other photos showed rescuers using jet skis to search for victims.
A boy sits in a floating basket as people wade through a flooded street after the impact of Typhoon Yagi, in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 11, 2024. (Khanh Vu/Reuters)
A man paddles a boat through floodwaters after Typhoon Yagi in An Lac village, Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (Hau Dinh/AP)
Two men lead cattle through high-flowing floodwaters in Sin Thay village in Pyinmana, Naypyidaw region of Myanmar, on September 13, 2024, after heavy rains following Typhoon Yagi. (Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images)
This aerial photo taken on Sept. 12, 2024, shows floodwaters surrounding homes in the northern Thai city of Chiang Rai. Thai authorities said at least four people were killed in the northern provinces of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai and that the military had been deployed to help about 9,000 families affected by flooding. (Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images)
Jasper Miranda, 26, wades through floodwaters with his ducks that he rescued from their flooded home during Tropical Storm Yagi, locally known as Enteng, in Apalit, Pampanga, Philippines, September 5, 2024. (Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)
This aerial view shows flooded farms and fields in Hanoi on September 12, 2024. (Nhac Nguyen/AFP via Getty Images)
A rescue worker uses jet skis to search for victims in flooded areas in Chiang Rai province, Thailand, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (Sarot Meksophawannakul/AP)
A woman and her dog wade through a flooded street after Typhoon Yagi, in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, September 12, 2024. (Hau Dinh/AP)
People look at a submerged dragon structure at a playground after Typhoon Yagi in Hanoi, Vietnam on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. (Huy Han/AP)
Residents walk through floodwaters in Pyinmana, Naypyidaw region of Myanmar on September 13, 2024. (Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images)
A Buddhist monk wades through floodwaters as another monk sits on a broken roof in front of a monastery in Sin Thay village in Pyinmana, Naypyidaw region of Myanmar, on September 13, 2024. (Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images)
A drone footage shows a flooded area after the impact of Typhoon Yagi, in Chiang Rai in Thailand’s northern province, September 13, 2024. (Anupong Intawong/Reuters)
A man wades through floodwaters with brooms to clean houses as floodwaters begin to recede after Typhoon Yagi in An Lac village, Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (Hau Dinh/AP)
People wade through a flooded street after Typhoon Yagi, in Hanoi, Vietnam on Thursday, September 12, 2024. (Hau Dinh/AP)
A child looks out over their flooded home as heavy rains are brought by Tropical Storm Yagi, locally known as Enteng, in Macabebe, Pampanga, Philippines, September 5, 2024. (Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)
