Neighborhood in Hanoi flooded as death toll from typhoon Yagi reaches nearly 200

(12 Sep 2024)
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Hanoi, Vietnam - 12 September 2024
1. People carrying belongings walking in flooded street
2. People transporting a motorcycle on a boat
3. Man paddling in a canoe
4. Various of a woman sitting in front of the entrance to her flooded home
5. Man on submerged motorbike
6. People carrying belongings wading through water
7. Various of local resident Chu Van Hai pulling a crate containing a bottle of drinking water
8. SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese) Chu Van Hai, local resident:
"We are flooded. We don’t have fresh water. We have to take drinking water brought to her (wife) by my relative. It’s flooding deep so the tap water has been closed (turned off). We can’t cook so we have to buy prepared food."
9. Various of Hai and his wife entering their flooded home
10. Motorcycles
11. Hai walking in his flooded home
12. Local resident Hoang Anh Tu opening the door of his shop
13. SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese) Hoang Anh Tu, local resident:
"It’s very difficult. We don’t have electricity or (fresh) water. We have no other option for food except instant noodles. We haven’t been able to assess the damages because the flood came so fast."
14. Various of local resident Mai Anh carrying her dog through flood waters
15. SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese) Mai Anh, local resident:
"The flood got so high that I had to evacuate to the Au Co neighborhood. I'll stay there temporarily and wait for the flood to recede. I can’t do business in the flood like this, the goods in my shop all got destroyed."
16. Various of noodle shop owner Nguyen Thi Ninh in front of her flooded shop
17. Various of flooded shop
18. Various of people walking in flood
STORYLINE:
Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi and more than 125 are missing as flash floods and landslides take their toll, state media reported Thursday.
Vietnam's VNExpress newspaper reported that 197 people have died and 128 are still missing, while more than 800 have been injured.
Most of the casualties were caused by floods and landslides in Vietnam's northern mountainous provinces.
In the capital, flood waters from the Red River receded slightly but many areas were still inundated.
In Hanoi's Tay Ho district, people waded through muddy brown water above their knees to make their way along one street, some still wearing their bicycle and motorcycle helmets after abandoning their vehicles.
Local residents started to evacuate from Tuesday evening.
Electricity and tap water has been cut since Wednesday.
People who remain in the area waded through the flooded streets to collect food and other supplies while waiting for the flood waters to recede.
Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit Vietnam in decades.
It made landfall Saturday with winds of up to 149 kph (92 mph).
Despite weakening on Sunday, downpours continued and rivers remain dangerously high.
The flooding in Hanoi has been reportedly the worst in two decades and has led to widespread evacuations.
AP video shot by Hau Dinh.
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