A flash flood has swept away a whole village in northern Vietnam, killing 16 folks and leaving dozens lacking because the demise toll from a hurricane and its aftermath rose to 141 on Wednesday.
Vietnamese state broadcaster VTV stated a torrent of water that gushed from a mountain in Lao Cai province on Tuesday buried the village of Lang Nu with 35 households underneath mud and particles.
Up to now, solely a dozen persons are recognized to have survived. Rescue groups have recovered 16 our bodies and are persevering with to seek for one other 40.
The demise toll from Hurricane Yagi and its aftermath has risen to 141, whereas one other 69 folks stay lacking and a whole bunch had been injured, VTV stated.
Yagi was the strongest hurricane to hit the Southeast Asian nation in a long time. It made landfall on Saturday with winds of as much as 149 kilometers per hour (92 mph) and regardless of weakening on Sunday, rain has continued and rivers stay dangerously excessive.
Floods and landslides have brought on a lot of the deaths, lots of which have occurred within the northwestern province of Lao Cai, bordering China, the place Lang Nu is positioned.