The effects of the typhoon, the most powerful to hit Vietnam in decades, were also felt in neighbouring countries, with flooding and landslides causing major damage in northern Thailand, Laos and northeastern Myanmar.
The human toll from the typhoon in Vietnam has risen to 233 dead on Friday.
Flooded Red River waters have inundated the country’s capital, Hanoi, and experts warn the situation is likely to remain critical for several more days.
Typhoon Yagi made landfall on Saturday, marking the start of a week of Heavy rains caused flash floods and landslides, particularly in Vietnam’s mountainous north.
Across the country, 103 people are still missing and more than 800 have been injured.
In An Lac village on the outskirts of Hanoi, Nguyen Thi Loan returned to the house she had fled in haste on Monday as the waters rose.
“Our rice harvest has been destroyed and at home, electrical appliances like the washing machine, television and refrigerator are under water”she says.
Research continues in Vietnam
Most of the victims are in Lao Cai province, where a flash flood swept away the entire village of Lang Nu on Tuesday.
Eight villagers who fled before the flood were found safe on Friday morning, according to state newspaper VNExpress, but 48 other Lang Nu residents were found dead, and 39 others are still missing.
Roads leading to Lang Nu have been severely damaged, making it impossible to bring in heavy equipment to aid in rescue efforts.
Some 500 people accompanied by sniffer dogs are on site and, during a visit to the scene on Thursday, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh promised that all efforts would be made to find those still missing.
“Their families are in agony”he says.
Coffins were prepared near the disaster site for the deceased, and several villagers paid their respects at makeshift altars.
In Cao Bang, another province in northern Vietnam, 21 bodies were found Friday, four days after a landslide swept a bus, a car and several motorcycles into a swollen river.
Ten other people are still missing.
Consequences throughout the region
The effects of the typhoon, the most powerful to hit Vietnam in decades, have also been felt in neighboring countriesfloods and landslides have caused major damage in northern Thailand, Laos and northeastern Myanmar.
ADVERTISEMENTTen deaths reported in Thailand and Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra traveled to the north of the country on Friday to meet with disaster victims in the border town of Mae Sai.
International aid has been pouring into Vietnam since the arrival of Hurricane Yagi.
Australia has already delivered $2 million in humanitarian supplies and a matching sum has been pledged by South Korea.
