Typhoon Yagi has hit northern Vietnam, forcing the government to close airports and evacuate citizens. In the Philippines and China, the hurricane’s force has killed dozens and caused widespread damage
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Typhoon Yagi hit on Saturday Vietnamwith wind gusts exceeding 150 km/h.
In the north of the country, which was hit by the hurricane on Saturday afternoon, the authorities ordered the closure of four airports, including Hanoi. The Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh He also ordered the evacuation of citizens living in the most dangerous areas, particularly those most prone to flooding and landslides.
The most affected areas were the coastal provinces of Haiphong and Quang Ninh. Haiphong residents say they saw metal sheets and commercial signs flying into the sky. “I haven’t seen such a thing in years. typhoon so big,” Tran Thi Hoa, a local woman, told AFP news agency.
They would be two victimsThe first is a woman who was killed on Friday in Hanoi after a tree fell due to heavy rain and strong winds. The same dynamic also killed a man in Hai Duong province.
The typhoon was described by Vietnamese meteorological authorities as “one of the most powerful in the region in the last decade”.
Before reaching Vietnam, Yagi hit China and the Philippines
After having overwhelmed Philippineskilling 21 people, the typhoon Yagi Hits Chinahitting the city of Wenchang in Hanai province. Winds there reached 245 km/h. According to the Chinese news agency Xinhua, power outages affected 830,000 households in Hainan. In terms of human costs, the hurricane killed two people and injured 92.
Before the typhoon hit the region, authorities managed to evacuate approximately 420 thousand peoplewhile another 500,000 were transferred from Guangdong province.
According to experts, Yagi is the second most powerful typhoon in the world that it occurred this year (after the Category 5 Hurricane Beryl that hit the Atlantic), while it is the first if we look at the Pacific area.
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