Hanoi: Typhoon Yagi caused billions in damages

Water woes: People wading in a flooded street in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, in Hanoi. — AP

Asia’s strongest storm this year, Typhoon Yagi, caused damages estimated at 81.5 trillion dong (RM13.6bil) across northern Vietnam, or twice as much as previous estimates, state media said.

The typhoon, which killed 299 with 34 missing, devastated export-oriented industrial hubs, destroying factories and facilities, besides flooding farmland, damaging homes, and tearing up a bridge.