Yagi brought a deluge of rain that has inundated northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar.
Rescue workers help stranded people in a flooded area at the border town of Mae Sai, Chiang Rai, on Sept 11.- Millions of people across South-east Asia struggled on Sept 12 with flooded homes, power cuts and wrecked infrastructure after Typhoon Yagi swept through the region, as the death toll passed 200.
Unicef said it has provided water for homes, health centres and schools in the worst-affected areas and would send medical and sanitation supplies to the Vietnamese government in the coming days.The high waters have devastated more than 250,000ha of crops and huge numbers of livestock, Vietnam’s Agriculture Ministry said, with farmland around Hanoi hit hard.
The incident happened on Sept 10 but details have only just got through because communication with the area was cut off, officials told state media. The Mekong is expected to hit flood levels on Sept 12 in Luang Prabang, a Unesco world heritage site, the commission said in a bulletin.
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