Asia’s most powerful typhoon this year, Yagi, has killed 14 people in Vietnam and injured 176 others after making landfall in the country.
The Super Typhoon has now been downgraded to a tropical depression, still, the authorities have alerted about risks of flooding and landslides as the storm moves towards the west.
The Indo-Pacific Tropical Cyclone Warning Center stated that the storm hit Hai Phong and Quang Ninh provinces in Vietnam with high winds of up to 203km/h.
Yagi lifted roofs and uprooted trees in the country’s capital, Hanoi, leading to power outages in the region.
Several areas of the port city, Hai Phong, were submerged under 1.6ft of flood waters on Sunday as Yagi swept the town, damaging power lines and electrical poles.
The city, housing two million people, faced the brunt of the storm with prolonged power outages.
Over 50,000 residents were evacuated from coastal areas of Vietnam as authorities emphasized and issued a warning to remain indoors as the typhoon raged in the country.
Calm returned on Sunday morning to Hanoi, a city of 8.5 million, after heavy winds and rains overnight caused widespread damage, leaving toppled trees scattered across the city center and other neighborhoods.
Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport, the busiest in northern Vietnam, reopened after closing on Saturday morning, state media said.
The government said Yagi had caused waves up to 4m (13 feet) high in coastal provinces, where rescue operation for those missing at sea was expected to start on Sunday when conditions allow.
