Millions of people across Southeast Asia struggled yesterday with flooded homes, power cuts and wrecked infrastructure after Typhoon Yagi swept through the region, as the death toll passed 200.
Thousands of people were evacuated from Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, on Wednesday as the death toll from Typhoon Yagi passed 150.
A swathe of northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar have been battling floods and landslides in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, which dumped a colossal deluge of rain when it hit the region last weekend.
Vietnam has been hit the worst with the fatalities climbing to 197, while nine deaths have been confirmed in Thailand, of which one district is suffering its worst floods in 80 years.