Over 300 people were killed or went missing in Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm in the South China Sea in the past 30 years. - Reuters
HANOI: Natural disasters in Vietnam in 2024 left 514 dead or missing and 2,207 others injured, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep.
The number of fatalities was 3.04 times higher than in 2023 and 2.44 times more than the average number of the 2014-2023 period, local media reported on Monday (Dec 30).
