Red River floods Vietnam's Hanoi as Typhoon Yagi kills more than 150


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  • Wednesday, 11 Sep 2024

People wade through a flooded street following the impact of Typhoon Yagi, in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 11, 2024. REUTERS/Khanh Vu

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's capital of Hanoi evacuated thousands of people living near the swollen Red River as its waters flooded streets days after Typhoon Yagi battered the country's north, killing at least 152 people.

Asia's most powerful typhoon this year, Yagi brought gales and heavy rain as it moved westwards after landfall on Saturday, collapsing a bridge this week while scythed through provinces along the Red River, the area's largest.

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